As I opened one of my retirement fund statements this morning, I had a little conversation with myself, or maybe with the statement itself. As with a lot of investments, the balance has been steadily dropping in recent months. For the purposes of this little conversation, I'm just going to use a random example number of ten thousand for the balance I was hoping for.
-"Please don't be less than ten thousand, please don't be less than ten thousand."
(Opens the statement.)
-"Ugh...nearly $500.00 below ten thousand." (That's also a random $500.00)
(Upon further study of the statement, I realized that I had already gone below $10,000.00 as of the first quarter statement. I, apparently, forgot, or possibly emotionally blocked the traumatic occasion.)
-"Well, it only went down $100.00 since last statement. That isn't so bad..." (Another random $100.00)
It's sad when I have to put a positive spin on losing $100.00.
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