Double-edged feelings

23 days into December, we are still waiting for more than 70% of the month's total dividends. Exactly all of our remaining dividends have payment dates of December 30 or 31, which means that this money will only be available to us after January 2, 2025.

December 2024 will be the first month in over 16 months that we invest part of our salary instead of just paying mortgage interest. Even though we save by reinvesting all dividends, it feels incredibly good to add money "from outside" the portfolio.

The world's most perfect husband, who has had one of his private pension insurance policies paid out since he turned 55, reminded me to check if I can activate any of my pension insurance policies since I turn 55 next month. Just the thought of receiving a pension scares the living daylights out of me, when did I get this old?

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