Thursday, September 20, 2007

 

Homework


I've been talking with a financial/investment adviser about various things I need to do with my money, and it reminded me that managing personal finances is one of the very few things left in my life that feels like homework. I don't hate it, exactly, and I maintain a basic level of it, but the big things like Roth IRAs and tax returns feel incredibly draining, and I avoid them even if they're sitting right there and I have time to deal with them (taxes aren't quite as big a deal because there's a set deadline I have to meet). It's good that I'm talking to the financial planner because at least these things will get done, but it's bad because I still have to do all this work that I think comes naturally to him and is the exact opposite to me.

Comments:
Tax returns are homework: thank you for the metaphor. Now I know why I hate them. :-)
 
Could be worse. At least you have finances to plan about. Bag ladies spent their time planning the arrangement of items in their stolen shopping carts, you know. I wonder if it feels like homework to them? -blue
 
That's quite a quixotic non sequitur.
 
As a financial planner, let me tell you how easy it is:

1) Give us all your money

2) ?

3) You have lots more money and we have lots more money!

It's really that easy.

-j
 
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