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            So, I’m at work the other day and I am talking to people about retirement and personal finance basics. I told them that basically I don’t want to work a job forever and I will most likely leave my current job within the next few years. I was surprised to find that most people I told this to laughed and asked if I was planning to win the lottery. This got me thinking. Is this how most people are planning to retire or leave work early? Do they realize that they could have so much more? After talking to more people and doing a little research, it became obvious that not only do most people not have plan, their ideas for attaining retirement are just down right ridiculous.

 

            I find it funny that a large group of people think they will get to retirement by winning the lottery. Perhaps funny is the wrong word, maybe I should say Read the rest of this entry