Category: Retirement
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I go to the Birmingham VA today to get my low back condition examined. The ultimate goal is to have the condition properly named.
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I’m one appointment closer to the end of another round of raising VA disability ratings. The last stretch, and I’m fatiguing. Is that a word??
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This morning, I thought maybe I’m not planning as well as I should for retirement — the second retirement in my 60s. It occurred to me that I’ve been thinking of the permanent retirement the wrong way. Without a doubt, I don’t want to work for money when I hit age 60. (I’m aware the…
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I got in late to the party on Sabio Lab work. Having passed Prework, I started lab work the following week. Well, I was supposed to. There’s some confusion on my end and the school admin about how the process of enrolling should go for vets attending through Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment Program (Voc Rehab).…
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This was a very fast moving day to have accomplished very little. I got to solve some problems and learn more about CSS3. I was supposed to submit applications to coding schools yesterday. I’m stalling. Spinning my wheels. Punking out. Today is the day I’ll do two things: Send four application packets to coding schools…
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There’s a lot more free learning out there than I thought. Something that I’m discovering while applying to coding schools is than many of them have free online pre-training/pre-work/prerequisite courses. When I requested info from Sabio (southern Cali) who has an in-person and online program, I received a response with a link to a free…
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I was a long day preparing documents for the Voc Rehab Program. The literature on the program reads like it’s extremely promising. But the process of getting approved feels like preparing for family court. ..hmm I really thought I’d have something positive today. Well, I kinda do. A friend called me today about some work…
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It was a face paced day. Actually felt like a Monday. I’ve met my VR&E counselor. I got a lot more information than I thought that I knew already. I see why they give you counselors. There’s 1000 documents surrounding VA programs like these, and you really don’t know what the important ones are. It…
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Today was definitely a Tuesday. The theme this morning was get medical stuff together for the meeting with the Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor on Monday. Still a little nervous about it. Shouldn’t have read so many horror stories. It appears that your service-connected disabilities have to prevent you from getting a job similar to what you…
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My application for the VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation Program was accepted. I’ll sit down with my counselor on Monday. My plan is…well, my intention is to stay self-employed and get into a coding school and use my GI Bill. There are two coding institutions that take GI Bill. This is an area I haven’t gotten much…