Win $100 > Share your 2022 money goals!

Hi everyone! I would just like to start off by saying that 2021’  must of been THE worst year for myself as of yet..... My younger sister passed away June 10th 2021’ from battling lung cancer that spread literally just about everywhere else in a short time span of only a year and half roughly. We were only 18 months apart in age. She passed away in the hospital at the age of 33 years old , leaving behind a 12 year old daughter and a 2 1/2 year old son. My sister was and is really my only close/best friend in this life. As time moves on and you grow up into adulthood, losing touch with most of the people whom at one point in time or another I once considered a good friend.... But my sister was always there for me, to listen, to laugh, to seek advice from and share memories together as we are now adults with children of our own. Even writing this now , I’m choking back a barrage of tears welling up —- Insistent on falling down my sullen face. I would give anything to see her smiling face one last moment. If anyone has ever lost someone close to them from the monstrous, wreak havocs of terminal cancer will tell you... My sister was hardly recognizable while she had her last stay in the Hospital. This once bubbly, beautiful soul of who and what she was , was literally a shell of my former sister and best friend. In conclusion, after my enormous rant lol was to say that one of my biggest regrets is not having a vehicle to be able to spend those last 18 months of her very short life to travel the hour to her and the hour back.

So my money goal(s) for 2022’ is to save up enough to finally be able to buy myself a decent, reliable vehicle and regain my independence back after almost 5 years without a car now. Long story short .... 2 1/2-3 years ago I finally got out of a verbally, emotionally abusive, controlling marriage of 13 years!! Now if only I could have made this transition much, much, earlier I may have been able to be there for my sister during her last few years on this earth as well as for my niece and nephew..... I will get my own car this year and continue to crush my goals in honor of my best friend and sister who isn’t able to be here to do the same. Because in this short existence of a lifetime, all we can really do is honor our loved ones already gone too soon and cherish the time we have now with the people we love before their gone away from us too. . . 

P.S. I apologize for the novel, lol. 

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I plan on using my refund to help pay for the CPA tests. Hopefully I will start passing them because I have to pay for each test I take. There is 4 different tests to take. If you fail, you have to pay to take the test again.

My 2022 Money goal is to be more organized managing my money.  Being done with grad school and working a stable job I want to plan ahead.  Now already past 30, it's not too early to pre-plan about retirement.  Graduated from school is good (and not in debt) but save for buying a house or moving to a more affordable place to live.  How much cash do I really need... to spend and not to save? I want to be smart saving money, smart to invest money and smarter to spend money! Considering all factors, my age, employment status, employment type, cost of living, state of residence, life expense, etc.  what would be the smartest thing to do at this time and place in my life.  2022 be smart with my money

My money goal of 2022 would be to learn how to invest my savings!

My 2022 goals are to actually start saving consistently whenever I receive a paycheck from my job to transfer funds to my savings account so I will have money when I encounter financial burdens or emergencies. I would like to save to at least have $5000 in my savings account. 

My goal is to plan out financials for business opportunities and growth

My money goals are simple because I am retired on a very limited income and I have a rotting house to repair. I need to clear $100,000. If I chose to eat and continue paying bills I will need to save $40,000 or more and invest wisely to almost triple the funds. The key now is for Turbotax to truly get me the biggest refund that I am entitled to so I can add to the investments. Those methods combined with a no-thrills, no-fun lifestyle might just work. I hope.

I hope to settle-down financially and start investing in various areas including retirement, savings, and stocks. 

Ultimately, I'd like to end the year feeling like I learned about more money growth opportunities and financial security. 

2022 Will be a outstanding year as the records will be maintained in Quicken and Turbo Tax will make tax filing soo easy! 

Thanks Turbo Tax for making filing my taxes a little easier. My goals for the year since I retired from the medical field is to take my dream vacation to Hawaii. I have been working all my life and even though I loved the medical field, I'm excited to not have to be on someone else's time clock. Hawaii, here I come! 🙂