September 2022 Newsletter
I asked my son Johnny what his career goals might be now that he’s in high school. He said “I’m aspirin’ to be a pharmacist."
Friends,
September always reminds me of back to school. My son starts high school, my daughter is coming off her lead performance in the summer play and is ready to dominate her final year of middle school. I just hope I can keep up with them.
I will be completing all of my trainings this month to prepare for the fall open enrollment season. So in a way, it’s back to school for me too.
I hope you enjoy Labor Day and have a wonderful month of September.
Kind Regards,
Michael Antonini
What’s New
Newsletter prediction #2. Record (0-1).
2023 COLA will be the largest increase in 40 years.
COLA is the cost of living adjustment that is the percentage your social security monthly income goes up each year. So my prediction is you will get an even higher increase this year than in the past 40 years. Plus, I hope the Medicare Part B premium might even go down in 2023.
The Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA) that retirees received last year (2022) was 5.9% and was the highest since 1983. If the 2023 COLA is over 7.5%, then it will be the highest since 1982. If over 6%, highest since 1983. If under 5.9%, I’m wrong.
The COLA is determined by comparing 3rd Quarter Consumer Price Index average to the previous year 3rd Quarter average
Here is the latest analysis from CNBC.
Ask The Expert: Melody Beattie
Say thank you, until you mean it.
Thank God, life, and the universe for everyone and everything sent your way.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. It can turn an existence into a real life, and disconnected situations into important and beneficial lessons. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Gratitude makes things right.
Gratitude turns negative energy into positive energy. There is no situation or circumstance so small or large that it is not susceptible to gratitude’s power. We can start with who we are and what we have today, apply gratitude, then let it work its magic.
Say thank you, until you mean it. If you say it long enough, you will believe it.
Today, I will shine the transforming light of gratitude on all the circumstances of my life.
Important Dates
Happy September Birthdays!
9/5 Labor Day
9/11 CT United Ride
9/22 9:03 PM Fall Equinox
All the Best,
Michael