Here we are starting a new year - 2016 - and what a good one it is going to be.
December saw me visiting my dear friend in Washington DC and I'm glad I did. She is very energizing and reminds me I don't have one foot in the grave. Then there was Christmas with the family, once again missing you both being there very much. They we went back to Florida for the New Year which was really nice because we missing some of the cold. Lastly - I HAVE A NEW JOB.
Getting that job was actually easier than I thought. I didn't lose any pay because my old job was paying me almost until the new one will start. I start the 19th, the day after Martin Luther King birthday so it works out wonderfully.
I am thinking really hard now about selling the house. While I wasn't working these last couple of months I spent a lot of time cleaning things out...selling...giving away....putting stuff on eBay...generally paring down what I own. After all - if I go to a 1-bedroom, how much will fit? If I am renting, do I need a shed full of tools and a Bar-B-Que grill? I've made some good money selling to neighbors and I'm going to keep going. The hardest part is always clothes. I have WAY TOO MANY. But I've always loved new clothes and now sure it is going to stop.
But I want you to think too. Start early putting away money for your future, for your education, for your wedding and children and retirement. It is never too early to learn how to save. Sometimes saving just means not spending. Do you need two of something, or will one do. Do you need a new something or can what you have take you through a little longer. Do you need the best or will second best do just as well. Don't settle - think big - then act on it only when you can.
Love and kisses my dear ones
Grandma Nici
