I saw a post today which showed a fellow DGI’er’s Feb dividend income and it was near $750.  All I could think was $750!!!!!!!!!!!!  How amazing is that!!  There was a comment from someone who just doesn’t get why this is a big deal.  To me, any amount of money, that I get OVER & OVER, from doing NOTHING, other than purchasing a piece of a company some time ago, is fantastic. Sadly, my Feb div income is no where near $750 but mine is creeping up.  I am starting to see the snowball roll.  I also heard a good analogy to what we (DGI’ers) are trying to do.  We are buying chickens who lay eggs.  And later down the road we will live off those eggs, without killing our chickens.  Now think for a moment about what if the eggs weren’t enough to live off of.  I’m still ok with that. I’m still ok with a lump of money coming to me each month.  Maybe it’s enough to buy a………..ahem….cup of coffee, or a tank of gas, (which are where some of my months are right now), but maybe it’s enough to pay a condo fee, maybe it’s enough to take a trip, do something really nice for someone, pay a car payment (if you have one — hopefully not)….something like that — without having to dip into anything else you have.  This is just money on top.  I am loving this concept.  So yes, I do think $750 is a big deal.  I think $90.33 is a big deal!  Which is what mine was this month.  And I’m continuing to buy chickens.  In Feb I added to my portfolio –>  12 HCP, 2 ORI, 6 PFE, & 12 FLO.  Here is the breakdown of my Feb income:

CAPL       $2.37

COST       $.80

CVS         $4.68

EPD         $.78

HCP        $28.75

KMI        $.25

PAA        $.70

PG          $23.93

T            $23.04

P2P Lending     $5.03

TOTAL:   $90.33