I'm wondering how you guys are doing with your retirements. The reason I ask is because a financial planner is becoming a more and more alluring career choice. I'm fairly good at it already, not perfect, but I can probably help those totally lost.

I retired on the 11th of june this year at 57yrs, I love it.

A lot of people said I was a workaholic and would not survive, and I sort of thought I was.

Its (*)(*)(*)(*)ing great!

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"Im a Tarte, what! you want some of this?"

Aha it takes more than a week for that to set in I'm sure, but don't let it - do stuff.

Seriously, if you start saving when you're in your twenties you're practically guaranteed to be a millionaire.

Im doing ok, I slug about 8% of each paycheck into my 401K. The company I work for matches 80 cents on the dollar up to 8% of your check, so I put in the max. Im only 26 though, so I have a while before I can even think about retirement.

Do you know what type of mutual fund that money is going into?

Some type of no load mutual fund, I can't remember off the top of my head b/c my wife handles every aspect of the chedda in the house. Any suggestions?

Well it depends on your options. Different companies offer different choices. Given your age, you should go for the most aggressive mutual fund possible.

I have one of those 401k plans that projects a retirement year and grows conservative as you reach retirement.
Between that and the invested IRA, should be fine. My wife has them too.

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