Welcome to the Jill on Money Show. It's Thursday, March 12th, and we are here trying to help you

parse through all of the anxiety you're feeling, the headlines, and get down to what you can

control your own financial destiny. So if you have a question, if something is going on,

all you need to do is get in touch with us by going to jillonmoney.com. Just click the contact

us button. It's in the upper right hand corner. Write us a note. If you'd like to join us live,

you check the box. And while you're on the website, you can check out our free stuff. We've got another podcast. It's called Money Watch. We've got a radio show.

We've got a blog, videos, resources, so much right there. Don't forget to sign up for the free

weekly newsletter while you are on the website. Right now, it is time to talk to our listener, Dave,

who joins us from Connecticut.

Hello, Dave. Dave, I understand that it's going to be 70 degrees here in the Northeast.

Are you ready for that?

So ready after all these snowstorms.

Oh, God. You must have gotten a big dump after that last one, the blizzard. What'd you get?

Oh, man, at least, I want to say 20 inches, 24.

That's a real number. For real. Wow. All right. Well, what brings you to us? Snow removal or something

else? So figured me and my partner, we love the show. We listen in. And I think right now with where we are in life, we're thinking of downshifting.

Ideally, we've been saving up for, you know, fire.

But respect both you and Mark's opinion on this and just wanted to get a sense, a gut check as to whether or not it's feasible.

Well, tell us about you and your partner and your family and what's going on.

So how old are you?

I am 40 years old and my partner is 36.

Okay.

...