Reality Check

When the market is down, I purposely avoid looking at my retirement account.  Over the past couple of weeks, my perception was that my balance was likely lower than it had been in years.

Today I logged in to take a look. Because I can view the history of my account, I was able to see that the value it sits at today is still higher (by a fair amount) than it was just a year ago. And yet my perception was that it would be far, far less than that.

I don't know if it's the generally pessimistic outlook I hold in my life that creates this illusion or not.

 

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