It’s Sunday, which means...it’s recap time here on the Retirement Quick Tips Podcast

This week the theme was: Can Gratitude Help You Make Better Money Decisions?

In case you missed any episodes, here’s what we covered this week:

• How gratitude can keep you from overspending
• How gratitude can help you cultivate more patience...a key ingredient for being good with money is patience.
• On Thanksgiving, I’ll list all the things I’m grateful for. The list is long, and hopefully it will inspire you to think creatively about all the things you’re grateful for
• How Gratitude Aligns Your Values With How You Spend Money
• Practical Ways To Start A Habit Of Gratitude

Here’s the bottom line: Taking small steps to become a more grateful person provides numerous benefits. One important benefit is that it will improve your relationship with money and help you make better spending decisions. And the best news about gratitude is that it doesn’t require major life changes...just an extra minute of your day is enough to make progress and become a more grateful person. So I encourage you to make gratitude a daily practice and pay attention to how your life improves as a result. 

Tomorrow, come on back, because we’re starting a brand new theme: Interest rates are heading higher. What does that mean for your bond portfolio? With interest rates already on the rise, and the Fed likely to raise rates in 2022, I’ll talk about what that means for bond investors. Understanding how interest rates impact your bond portfolio is critical to not getting burned when owning bonds, so next week I’ll share with you what you need to know about owning bonds when rates are going up. 

Thank you so much for listening this week! If this podcast is valuable for you (and hopefully it is otherwise you wouldn’t be listening), please share the show with a friend or co-worker who is getting close to retirement. Just go to your favorite podcasting app, hit the share icon, then text or email the show link to a friend and say, “I love this podcast and thought you might enjoy a listen.”

Thanks for sharing the love and spreading the word. My name is Ashley Micciche, this is the Retirement Quick Tips Podcast and lastly, I hope you have a blessed Sunday.

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