Are you one of those people who, as you entered your tween years, began thinking about retirement planning, or even went so far as to formulate and implement a retirement savings plan? If so, you might think that this post probably isn’t going to be your cup of tea. To put it bluntly, however, you would be wrong. You see, good retirement plans … [Read more...] about Retirement Planning for Every Stage of Life
Retirement
How to Recession-Proof Your Retirement Savings*
This is not a post about how to recession proof your investments. That's a different blog post. So. Retirement planning. Yeah. I really need to get on that. Don’t get me wrong, I have a defined benefit pension plan that will happily pay out a percentage of my yearly working wage until the day I die. The only thing I have to do is work for … [Read more...] about How to Recession-Proof Your Retirement Savings*
Five Barriers to Retirement Planning (and how to overcome them)
Do you plan on saving for your retirement one day? Do you want to go on that vacation first? Do you think you it’s too expensive? People have a lot of reasons for wanting to focus on their finances right here and now – and a lot of them of very good reasons. According to a 2012 Deloitte retirement survey, 58% of Americans do not have a formal … [Read more...] about Five Barriers to Retirement Planning (and how to overcome them)
Weekly Spending Update: April 29 – May 5
Spending Update: Need Improvements Here is my spending update for last week, unfortunately it wasn't a great week for spending. I went $30 over budget in my entertainment category ($128.31) largely due to being too busy and too frenetic - I wrote a post about it, read more here for "a day in the life of Lindsey". In personal care, I spent $65.00 … [Read more...] about Weekly Spending Update: April 29 – May 5