Feb 25 2009
Tips for Boomer Investing #2
Yesterday we published the first of five tips for midlife investing: GO GREEN! (See post for Feb. 24, 2009) Today, is the second of five tips.
Tip # 2: Invest in Yourself!
One of the best investments you can make these days is in your own education!!! While the market goes on its roller coaster straight down into the caverns… you can choose to invest in learning something new. It’s a great time to take that extra course to fine tune skills you already have, or to develop a new skill that can integrate well with what you already know.
Don’t have much time? Community Colleges often have short-term evening classes that are geared to help you learn quickly. Take six weeks, one evening a week and learn something you’ve always wanted to know. Get away from the T.V. for a night and invest in your mind.
Don’t have much discretionary cash right now? There are thousands of on-line tutorials you can access for FREE. Need to learn a new software program, or learn a new task with the programs you already use? Check out:
http://www.free-ed.net/free-ed/
There’s even one for learning Spanish FREE! http://www.studyspanish.com/
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Review all the Investment Tips for Boomers in this series:
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