Tag: Retirement

• Is Retirement a Fantasy?

  

  I’m 51 years old and financially I’m nowhere even close to being able to retire. I know I’m not the only one in this situation, and it sucks. The question being put out there is, “Is Retirement a Fantasy?” for those of us who didn’t “play the game” and end up in management or C…

  Jacqui S

  April 20, 2024

  America, Budget, Budgeting, Cost of Living, Earning Money, Extra Income, Finance, Finances, Financial Stress, generation x, Life Purpose, Retirement, Uncategorized

  family, life decisions, lifestyle, Retirement, retirement plan

• Cohousing Options When You’re Single

  

  People love their independence. I know I am one of them. I am 49 years old. Divorced for 17 years. (This week actually!)  I’m set in my ways and feel that I will never be able to live with someone else. And this scares me. Why? Because I don’t know what’s going to happen when…

  Jacqui S

  January 23, 2022

  Blog, Budgeting, Life, Lifestyle, Living Wage, Money

  cohousing, elderly, family, friends, home, Life, lifestyle, Retirement

• 4 Ways I am Saving For Retirement

  I’m going to be as honest as I can be here. I am 44 (next week) and I am SO not prepared for retirement.  I don’t want to go the route a lot of elderly middle to lower-income families are going and work until I’m put in the grave. That is an injustice to those…

  Jacqui S

  October 26, 2016

  Finance, Retirement, Saving Money

  401k, 401k plan, Employee, employee stock options, Employer, Finance, Financial, Retirement, retirement plan, Saving Money, Social Security

• 7 Financial Causes of Stress in America

  

  I read an article on MSN about what the #1 cause of financial stress in every state was. As with most of these types of articles, i.e. “the most searched item online in each state”, I assumed it was going to be a fluff article. This one for the most part, showed legitimate concerns.  The…

  Jacqui S

  August 24, 2016

  Challenge Yourself, Change, Emergency, Employment, Extra Income, Finance, Happiness, Lifestyle, Retirement, Uncategorized, United States, Vacation, Work

  Education Costs, family, Financial Stress, happy, life decisions, lifestyle, Nicer Lifestyle, Paying of Debt, Paying Rent, Retirement, Second Income, Unable to Retire, Underemployed