Checking up on your investments

[jeffreyalan]

How do most of you check your stocks?  Do you look at your portfolio value or do you just check on the income you received for the month?  I have heard that it is best to avoid looking at the stock prices and just check your (hopefully) increasing income on a monthly basis.  Does anyone heed that advice? 

I believe I can take a 2008 style market correction if I see my income still coming in.  I am not sure about if I watch my portfolio value drop 30!!

Thanks!

Jeffrey