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Contributions to Retirement Accounts Increase for 2020

Pinnacle Personnel Services, LLC  |  Debbie Hatch It’s official.  Yesterday, the Internal Revenue Service announced that retirement savings account limits have increased for 2020. Highlights of changes for 2020   The contribution limit for employees who participate in 401(k), 403(b), most 457 plans, and the federal government’s Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) is increased from $19,000

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October 2019 Update on Federal Benefits

Pinnacle Personnel Services LLC  |  Debbie Hatch   It is the 30th of October.  If I’m writing a newsletter this month, it’s time to get it done!  I’ve been traveling back-to-back-to-back-to-back.  You get the idea.  I was home for the weekend after three weeks on the road.  Prior to that, I was home for 36

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RoadWarrior Life

I spend a LOT of time on the road.  It’s been over 200 days a year every year for the past 15. Staying healthy “out here” can be challenging.  Staying healthy wherever you are and whatever you do can be challenging too!  My mantra is:  what I can, when I can, with what’s available (including

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These Numbers Are as Bleak as the Weather Outside my Window

Debbie Hatch  |  Pinnacle Personnel Services Updating my retirement savings slides this rainy morning, while I enjoy a cup of coffee. The numbers are as bleak as this weather.   According to a NW Mutual 2019 Planning & Progress Study, 22% of Americans have less than $5,000 in savings earmarked for retirement. 15% have no

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Mindset Matters Most: It’s Not Just a Tagline

Pinnacle Personnel Services LLC  |  Debbie Hatch Do I always feel like working out? Oh, hell no. Exercise is as much mental for me as it is physical. That’s always been the case.   Mindset matters most! It’s not just a tag line.   For example: I was working on the computer this morning when

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This is What Support Looks Like

Pinnacle Personnel Services, LLC  |  Debbie Hatch We’re not single-dimensional beings.  We can be great at our jobs AND also do many other things.  What do you do in your spare time?  I have a lot of hobbies.  I love to ride motorcycles (dirt and street), backpack/hike, scuba dive, take pictures, and lift weights. By

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We’re Aging. Are you Ready?

Pinnacle Personnel Services, LLC  |  Debbie Hatch We’re Aging.  Are you Ready? By 2030 – just 10 short years from now – the U.S. Census Bureau projects that all baby boomers will be older than age 65. This will expand the size of the older population so that 1 in every 5 residents will be

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Protect Yourself From Data Breaches

Pinnacle Personnel Services LLC  |  Debbie Hatch I was a victim in both of the past Office of Personnel Management data breaches, as well as the July 2018 Equifax one.  The latest banking breach, at Capital One just a few weeks ago, exposed the records of almost 106 million people. In 2016 Yahoo exposed almost

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Wednesday Wellness: Big City Hike

Pinnacle Personnel Services LLC  |  Debbie Hatch A couple days ago, I received an email from REI which started: “Living in a major U.S. city means you can find just about anything, from late-night slices to public transportation, at any time, day or night. But there’s one luxury that’s often harder to find in a

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What’s the Best Way for me to Give Back?

Pinnacle Personnel Services  |  Debbie Hatch   At this point in my life, I passionately believe in giving back.   Each year I volunteer my time and talent to do three retirement training sessions.   Two webinars for the Nurses Organization of Veteran Affairs. – – My husband, son, daughter, daughter in law, and various

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