I just got the nod from our financial advisor, and....

Well, it was fun to think about, at least.....

Thanks to "things beyond our control", we've lost over $55,000 worth of investments in the past two weeks alone, and unless and until "some people" get their **** together and stop the volatility in the market, retiring right now is a fool's errand, plain and simple.

I've busted my *** for 45+ years to get to this point in my life, but some self-important idiots have managed to ****-up my life due to their ******* tariffs, their ******* layoffs, and their basic ******* incompetence.

(****!!!!)
I'm sorry to hear. But I'm wondering why someone so close to retirement would have such a large portion of their portfolio in investments that would be subject to such volatility.