No one knows when the economy will actually recover.

Don't let anyone tell you they know. They don't.

In today's Wall Street Journal, I got a kick out of an article titled, "The Economic Recovery: Fast, Slow or Neither?" Fortune telling financial analysts are crawing out of the woodwork to proclaim their predictions.

Just ignore them.

Read the article instead as a way to educate yourself in three of many ways the economy may proceed. 

Keep focused on your own plan, keep your emotions in check, and remember what's most important in your life. Don't let yourself be fooled by anyone making economic predictions.