February and all is well

 Just a short check in.  "retirement" has been awesome, I have much "Matt Time".   I hav settled into a routine of gym, housework, reading and shate trading, and hit a great milestone last week where my portfolio is now back into positive territory after a shaky start.


The next couple of weeks will be spend expanding the share portfolio, very exciting.     Other than that, we have taken the caravan ot recently for a few days r&r at Elanda Point with friends, and continue to particpate in the local Speedway racing scene.  


Maintaining the racecar is great fun , but can also be costly.  I have dialled back the spending on that until I have a plan for income to support this hobby.  Plan A is to generate some growth and income from the share portfolio, now that I have the available time to focus on manageing it.   Watch this space.

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