Today Graham and I finally went to see a financial planner to discuss....well.... our finances. We've been meaning to do this for a very long time but it just never happened. We went to the father-in-law of one of Graham's fellow worship leaders at Bethany and he was so great! I think we definitely made a great choice by selecting a Christian man to help give us advice and guidance--not only does he know a lot about money and the market, Don also seemed to have lots of godly wisdom.
The two of us are pretty clueless when it comes to money and investing, or at least so we thought. Apparently though, we've gleaned enough guidance from friends, family, financial articles, and for Graham, NPR, that we're doing the right things (according to Don). We learned a lot about bear markets and bull markets and what that all means and were glad to see that a financial expert was so relaxed even despite our current bear market economy.
Basically now we need to decide our timeline for the various goals we have (i.e. selling our place, moving to Seattle, having babies, me quitting etc). In the meantime, we're going to explore the world of CDs while Don helps us look at our current 403b retirement plans. (By the way, my current retirement plan is set up for my retiring in the year 2050---doesn't that just sound depressing!?! I better not still be working in 2050!)
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