A bit about moi. I'm 56. 57 in July. I have a full time job that does not pay a lot. I have never made what anyone would ever consider a lot of money. But I like my job, I have decent benefits. And I hope to stay there until I am done with the whole working thing. Oh, I'm also an expert level saver and first class frugal-ian.
All my working life I assumed I'd just be working until I was dead. Then one day I was chatting with my financial guy and he said something like "blah blah blah you should start taking money out in blah blah blah years".
Take money out. This concept was so foreign to me. Money was for putting in, not taking out. And this...THIS tiny comment started me thinking about and planning to retire. Actually retire. Not work!
Now I think about it all the time. All. The. Time. When I'm swimming, I'm counting my investments. When I'm on the treadmill, I'm picturing getting up in the morning and not going to work. Yes, I think I can handle that.
My goal is to retire as early as 65, but really hopefully not later than 67. And I want to wait until 70 to take social security (pipe dream?)
I read any article that comes my way about retirement. And one of them said the last ten years is "the home stretch". Hence the name of this blog.
So join me on this journey.
