Shoutbox Wannabe.

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

I got some pretty good news last night right as my work has slowed down and things were starting to look a little bleak.

I applied for and got approved for social security retirement benefits with my first payment coming on the 9th of November. WooHoo! 

Being self-employed since 1995, it's always been a feast or famine situation and a constant balancing act but I did pretty well up until a few years ago when a company that had paid me $25K a year for fifteen years was sold leaving me with an income cut of substantial significance to put it mildly. I lost most everything but still had/have a few things to keep me going but as always, in an unpredictable and irregular fashion.

Now having something regular and routine I can count on every month and can budget for, it feels like I've won the lottery!

I hate to be that person, but you are talking about Social Security. Unfortunately, I do not feel secure in anything that our government has its fingers in.

Just saying.