Debbie D

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• I can think of three core financial moves that have been the best and all I give thanks to my parents for instilling them in me. 1) Getting a quality education. My father always said, "They can not take your education away from you". I chose a degree in a high demand healthcare field and one that gender had nothing to do with salary. 2) Always paying myself first (retirement funding). My father repeatedly told me if I waited till everyone else was paid then I would have nothing for myself. 3) Live below your means. My mother taught me the art of budgeting for every known and possible future expense. It has served me very well.

  Post: What are the smartest financial moves you’ve ever made?

  Link to comment from April 6, 2024

• Always pay yourself first. My Father

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• Excellent article. I work in acute care so I get to see all the patients that waited too long.

  Post: Doctor’s Orders

  Link to comment from October 18, 2023

• I come from the angle of being an inpatient acute care Physical Therapist having to deal with patients who physically can not go home. So many people can not wrap their heads around not being able to safely go up and down stairs and seem shocked when they have to convert a Dining room, etc. into a bedroom. I think we are thinking of ourselves as we were when we were young and healthy. 1 level houses with no steps to enter is the way to go.

  Post: A Half-Century Later

  Link to comment from September 27, 2023

• Excellent article. I am just at the very beginning stage of pondering at 60 y/o for planning my future. Having worked in acute setting of healthcare for 26 years, I know first hand through my patients how important this type of planning is. Thank you for writing about this.

  Post: Continuing Care

  Link to comment from August 12, 2023

• As a long career inpatient Physical Therapist, you gave excellent suggestions. Anyone at home wanting to make an ice pack: 3 parts water to 1 part rubbing alcohol in a gallon ziploc bag. PLEASE start pre-surgery rehab, it truly will help. If a pre-op surgery class is offered, take it! Those patients do much better because they are educated and prepared for the process after surgery.

  Post: Pretty Nice Joint

  Link to comment from April 9, 2023

• Enjoyed your rant. Nice to read from someone else who also sees the bright and shiny as a bit too much. I used to read a FIRE blogger out of San Fran then he annoyed me so I stopped reading. Later learned this guy returned to work a few years later. I'm sure he spun it.

  Post: My First 2023 Rant

  Link to comment from January 25, 2023

• Great article! I wish I had your talent for finding money. I have a slightly different angle. It happens my superpower is finding nails and screws mainly on roads but occasionally in parking lots and driveways. I figure I am getting a lot of good karma from all the people that have no idea I have saved them from a flat tire.

  Post: Walking Around Money

  Link to comment from January 25, 2023

• This is a fabulous comment!

  Post: What’s your No. 1 goal for retirement?

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