Nearing The End of 2023

As we near the end of 2023 and get into the holiday spirit, a thought popped into my mind.

Sometimes in life we choose to focus on the negative side of things. This is especially true when we are dealing with the stock market. Any time you’re dealing with money, you’re dealing with stress, and in times of stress, we can get even more negative.

I’ve been reading this book, The Everyday Hero Manifesto, by Robin Sharma. In that book, Robin talks about stress and anxiety, and how useful they really can be. Instead of panicking, thank your stress, thank your anxiety, for letting you know that you care deeply about what is causing this stress or anxiety.

I think we all care a bit about money. I think it causes stress and anxiety for most of us. But that is a good thing. If you’re worried about it, that means you have it in your mind to do something about it. Just make sure you stay on top of it. Invest in yourself, invest in books, and learn more and more. Each day you learn, the more available options to enrich your lives are presented.

So, back onto my original point, instead of focusing on the negative, lets choose to focus on the positive and shout out our biggest wins. Even if you didn’t have wins, did you learn any lessons? Is this your first year in the market, or 30th year? Lets choose to celebrate our wins or lessons of 2023 and look forward to improving ourselves for 2024!

So, in the comments, tell us your biggest win or lesson you learned from the market in 2023. Here is my biggest win: I was able to take advantage of a down market and average down on one of my favorite stock picks, $SIG. Here is my biggest lesson: Not everything works out, and in my case, averaging down on $AHT has been a nightmare.