Creative Connection

Life not only appreciates my peculiar set of talents and abilities, but it needs them as that is why I was created.

'I have my own set of talents and abilities, which Life appreciates.' 🧡

Why are Social Security benefits paid a month behind? I recently retired and requested my benefits begin in September, three months after I attained the age necessary to receive full benefits. My benefit letter shows that I requested my benefits to begin in September, but I won't actually receive a check until the fourth Wednesday of October. Seriously?

Everything else in life is paid a month in advance...like a house payment, life insurance, health insurance, car payment, with one exception being paychecks, because you actually have to have worked to earn one. In the case of Social Security, this money was earned YEARS ago, so why can't we get it disbursed at the beginning of the month, when most other bills are due? I mean, we're simply taking back money - a little at a time - from an account that we've paid into our whole lives. Shouldn't we be the ones to decide when we get that money? Why should it be delayed literally almost two months from when it was originally requested?