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Not Quite Fixed Income
I got an interesting letter in the mail today from my pension fund. It says that due to changes in the 2016 federal income tax withholding tables, my net pension amount will increase next year.
I guess that makes sense. Whenever the government admits there's inflation, they do things like raise the income levels for each tax bracket.
As a result, I'm bringing home an extra 23 cents every single month next year. Yeah, baby!
Blog Entry of the Day - Northern Expenditure's Fill-the-Bucket List - "Life is full of opportunities, changes, and unpredictability.... Instead of making a list of things you would like to see happen in your life, a fill-the-bucket list focuses on the opportunities you have had and the things you’ve taken a chance and done."
That fits in with my urge to add things to my bucket list after I've done them. Things that were never a goal, but the opportunity came up and I took it. We don't always know ahead of time what's going to be great or even what's going to be possible.
So things on my fill-the-bucket list include:
* teach someone to read - I loved reading, and as soon as I learned how, I passed on the information to my little brother, who was a handy victim
* learn embroidery (thanks, Mom)
* learn ceramics, canoeing, and how to make things by lashing (thanks, Girl Scouts)
* learn to ski (thanks Bill and Dave et al.)
* learn ballroom dancing (thanks Bill, Mary, and Richard et al.)
* visit cool places where family and friends have invited me
Happily, there were some additions to both kinds of lists last year.
Bucket list:
* retire
* learn more Spanish
* enjoy media from multiple countries
* learn how they make taco meat in such tiny pieces (cook it in liquid such as broth or water)
Fill-the-bucket list:
* re-write song lyrics to help with Spanish and share it
* learn to frost cookies using the flood frosting technique
* learn a better way to fold my knee socks
I guess that makes sense. Whenever the government admits there's inflation, they do things like raise the income levels for each tax bracket.
As a result, I'm bringing home an extra 23 cents every single month next year. Yeah, baby!
Blog Entry of the Day - Northern Expenditure's Fill-the-Bucket List - "Life is full of opportunities, changes, and unpredictability.... Instead of making a list of things you would like to see happen in your life, a fill-the-bucket list focuses on the opportunities you have had and the things you’ve taken a chance and done."
That fits in with my urge to add things to my bucket list after I've done them. Things that were never a goal, but the opportunity came up and I took it. We don't always know ahead of time what's going to be great or even what's going to be possible.
So things on my fill-the-bucket list include:
* teach someone to read - I loved reading, and as soon as I learned how, I passed on the information to my little brother, who was a handy victim
* learn embroidery (thanks, Mom)
* learn ceramics, canoeing, and how to make things by lashing (thanks, Girl Scouts)
* learn to ski (thanks Bill and Dave et al.)
* learn ballroom dancing (thanks Bill, Mary, and Richard et al.)
* visit cool places where family and friends have invited me
Happily, there were some additions to both kinds of lists last year.
Bucket list:
* retire
* learn more Spanish
* enjoy media from multiple countries
* learn how they make taco meat in such tiny pieces (cook it in liquid such as broth or water)
Fill-the-bucket list:
* re-write song lyrics to help with Spanish and share it
* learn to frost cookies using the flood frosting technique
* learn a better way to fold my knee socks
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(Anonymous) 2016-01-28 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)Sally
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