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5. Plan ahead (retirement comes much sooner than you think)

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon May 26, 2025, 06:35 PM

May 26

To quote one of my contemporaries who retired ~10 years ago and expected to live off savings while maintaining his high standard of living, “How am I (now) supposed to live on $1500/month (social security)?

I worry about younger generations (under 50) hitting this same retirement dilemma.
Plan ahead for life and contingencies afterwards. 50-60 years of adulthood goes by very quickly in retrospect, and our social safety nets leave much to be desired.