The Game Plan

Many of us are finding ourselves with a lot of extra free time now that stay at home orders are in place for most of the country. After more than a month of quarantine time, the to-do list is getting shorter and shorter. How much more cleaning and yard work can you do?

Well, much like that closet full of random items that you plan on getting organized, it’s time to get your financial closet cleaned out and reorganized. We need to go through everything, see what use it has, and figure out where to put it moving forward.

That’s the plan for this episode of the Retirement Playbook Podcast. As challenging as this coronavirus crisis has been, it still provides us with a perfect opportunity to get to those financial items we’ve been putting off for a while. Let’s make use of the extra time and turn this experience into a positive.

We’ll help take you through the steps to take to becoming more organized. Sometimes the most difficult step is the first one so Dale will give provide some guidance on where to start. From there it gets a little easier and eventually you’ll have everything in order. That will provide a great sense of relief.

The other thing we want to touch on during this show is budgeting. We’re all working with a different budget right now because spending has decreased. Use this opportunity to work on your budget in retirement and get a better grasp on how much you’ll need to live the lifestyle you want.

No one wants this quarantine to continue, but let’s control what we can by getting our financial closet in order.

The X’s & O’s

Check out the timestamps below to skip around to specific topics on the show.

[2:53] – Let’s clean out the financial closet

[3:46] – Help us make sense of the analogy first.

[4:43] – Every has a different way of organizing their finances.

[6:12] – How can we begin the process of getting organized?

[7:10] – Some other ideas for organizing.

[8:14] – Budgeting is still important in retirement

[9:56] – Now is the perfect time to take on some of these things.

[11:41] – Do the things we have still match our goals?