"Since the pandemic started, I've wanted to stay connected with our community. Through the form of a weekly blog, I share my insights and reflections on various topics."
Monday was a gorgeous day here. The temperature was a moderate 80 degrees with complete sunshine and no humidity, the perfect spring day. I was out exercising during the day and as I walked home, the garbage truck was stopped across the street.
It’s the end of the school year and graduation time for many. We get to hear about the achievement of important milestones like graduations or even just moving forward to different grades and schools.
Distraction. Sometimes, it’s something we want such as this week when I find myself wanting to be distracted from thinking about 19 children murdered in Uvalde, Texas.
Not many people have heard of Joey Zanaboni. That’s because he is the play-by-play announcer for the FredNats, the Washington Nationals Class A minor league baseball team in Frederick Maryland. Why am I focused on Joey?
I find that sometimes, things I read or hear resonate with me, are forgotten and then come back to me at the right time. Several months ago, in a newsletter for my daughter’s school, one of the teachers wrote about her father and his attitude as he was approaching his death.
In the business of financial planning, we are constantly developing projections of outcomes under various sets of assumptions. In almost every case, one of those assumptions is the year in which the client embarks on their final journey.