Comments on: Taking A Look At My 2008 Goals http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/12/03/taking-a-look-at-my-2008-goals/ Debt Reduction Rocks - We Are Living Debt Free! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:09:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Zegi http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/12/03/taking-a-look-at-my-2008-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-140128 Zegi Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:23:24 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1930#comment-140128 I'd be interested to hear why you chose the ESA over a 529. Is there something beneficial for you in terms of one over the other? Or did you just have easier access to creating an account, etc? Not that I think the 529 is superior, I honestly don't know which one is better for what cirucmstances. I’d be interested to hear why you chose the ESA over a 529. Is there something beneficial for you in terms of one over the other? Or did you just have easier access to creating an account, etc? Not that I think the 529 is superior, I honestly don’t know which one is better for what cirucmstances.

]]> By: Miss M http://www.ncnblog.com/2008/12/03/taking-a-look-at-my-2008-goals/comment-page-1/#comment-138612 Miss M Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:05:12 +0000 http://www.ncnblog.com/?p=1930#comment-138612 You've put a lot of money aside this year, well done. I'm not maxing out my retirement contributions but I save a lot of money outside of retirement. I've done well on some of my goals and not so well on others, mainly due to the stock market. I paid off the last of my credit card debt and a car loan, but I may not finish off my student loan this year. High gas prices don't affect me much, I live 5 miles from work, but I've had a lot of other expenses come up. My investment and retirement goals were all based on balances, have X amount by the end of the year. The market has made those impossible, lesson learned. I plan to set goals like yours next year, contribution amounts, which are within my control unlike the market. You’ve put a lot of money aside this year, well done. I’m not maxing out my retirement contributions but I save a lot of money outside of retirement.

I’ve done well on some of my goals and not so well on others, mainly due to the stock market. I paid off the last of my credit card debt and a car loan, but I may not finish off my student loan this year. High gas prices don’t affect me much, I live 5 miles from work, but I’ve had a lot of other expenses come up. My investment and retirement goals were all based on balances, have X amount by the end of the year. The market has made those impossible, lesson learned. I plan to set goals like yours next year, contribution amounts, which are within my control unlike the market.

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