What would you tell your 40 something year old self to start doing before reaching your golden years? (60+)

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What would you tell your 40 something year old self to start doing before reaching your golden years? (60+)

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  2. Strong_Molasses_6679 Avatar

    Tell myself how to go back further in time and tell my 20 something self to max out my ROTH first!

  3. Time-Soup-8924 Avatar

    Eliminate the toxic people from your life. You can’t save everyone, but if you try – you might save yourself. 

  4. tallgirlmom Avatar

    Save more money.

  5. HalleFreakinLujah Avatar

    Save more money. Develop hobbies or activities. And, most important, make and keep friends. You will need to rely on all three for an easy retirement. (Advice from someone who doesn’t have a couple of those and is struggling.)

  6. BravoWhiskey316 Avatar

    To quote Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting. “Its not your fault”.

  7. Sufficient-Union-456 Avatar

    I am still in my 40’s, but I am listening to the responses.

  8. Flaky-Artichoke6641 Avatar

    Financial planning, exercises, diet, ignoring whatever u age group are doing to boost their ego

  9. Poppins101 Avatar

    Spend ninety percent less on my classroom and wisely invest it.

  10. Ethanhuntknows Avatar

    Save a lot more money. Put in stocks and bonds and mutual funds. Do not sell. Reinvest. Buy property because nothing is more secure than your own home with deed in hand. And look after your health. Everything else is incidental.

  11. Waihekean Avatar

    Start exercising but look after your knees.

  12. dnhs47 Avatar

    Long term care insurance. (US-only, no clue about elsewhere.)

    The longer the insurance company can collect your premiums, the lower the monthly premiums. Wait longer, pay more, and it eventually becomes unaffordable.

    Good assisted living facilities and nursing homes cost $10,000/month or more and Medicare does not pay for them (generally speaking).

    Without LTC insurance, Medicaid (if it survives) will take all your assets before it will pay, but only for a hell-on-earth facility. Without LTC insurance, that is your future.

  13. MouseMayhems Avatar

    Tell your loved ones how much you love them. Spend precious time with them. Not all of them will be around for another 20 years.

  14. Illustrious-Play-198 Avatar

    Put all you can in the market. ETFs and Mutual Fund only. Dont try to buy and sale stocks. Find just a couple of ETF’s and maybe two mutual and put everything you can in them. Right now, everything in the market is on discount.

  15. Taboo-II Avatar

    Invest more.

  16. MGaCici Avatar

    Buy Google when it goes public.

  17. StrongDifficulty4644 Avatar

    start taking care of your body and mind now eat better, move more, save money, and spend time with people who matter. time flies, and you’ll thank yourself later.

  18. Chzncna2112 Avatar

    Go and take out so and so