Taking it Easy on Tax Day
Apr. 15th, 2026 08:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerToday is Tax Day in the US, April 15. Cue the usual slew of news articles about how much people hate taxes, hate paying taxes, hate doing taxes, and hate rushing around like mad on the literal last day before the deadline to get them done. I just chuckle and scroll down past all those articles because I finished my taxes 6-8 weeks ago. That let me spend Tax Day like this:
So far this year #PoolLife (or if you're DD, #PooLife) has been #HotTubLife. We had summer in winter before the pool opened for the season. And since the pool opened a few weeks ago we've been hit with a cool snap. Temperatures are below average in April so far after blowing out heat records in March. 🤷♂️
But, hey, back to taxes. I get mine finished early not because I'm some goody-two-shoes overachiever but because I hate having the tax bill overhang me like the sword of Damocles. Plus, this year I had a refund coming my way due to a slight mistake I made in estimated payments 6 months ago, so I wanted to get that bread asap.
Since then I've put my doing-taxes energy into planning ahead for next year's taxes. Again, that's not because I'm some goody-two-shoes overachiever. It's simply part of sound financial planning. I stay abreast of what ny taxes will look like at this time next year and feed that information into decisions I make now about how I invest my money.
So far this year #PoolLife (or if you're DD, #PooLife) has been #HotTubLife. We had summer in winter before the pool opened for the season. And since the pool opened a few weeks ago we've been hit with a cool snap. Temperatures are below average in April so far after blowing out heat records in March. 🤷♂️
But, hey, back to taxes. I get mine finished early not because I'm some goody-two-shoes overachiever but because I hate having the tax bill overhang me like the sword of Damocles. Plus, this year I had a refund coming my way due to a slight mistake I made in estimated payments 6 months ago, so I wanted to get that bread asap.
Since then I've put my doing-taxes energy into planning ahead for next year's taxes. Again, that's not because I'm some goody-two-shoes overachiever. It's simply part of sound financial planning. I stay abreast of what ny taxes will look like at this time next year and feed that information into decisions I make now about how I invest my money.
