Do you have enough money for your retire life?

@dandan07 (1906)
China
March 25, 2012 7:06am CST
It is a hot topic today. Though when I was a freshman in the college, I was told to make out a plan to save enough money for my retire. But I find that I can not make it. In most case, I try to save money, but something unusually happened, and I have spend money on it. I ask my mother whether she has enough money for her retire life. She tells me that she has got enough, but before the age of 45, she can not save any money for her retire plan, for a big family need her to support. I needed money for my college education, my grandma needed money to cure illness. After i graduated from college, my mother can have some money left, so she began to save for her retire life. And three years ago, my grandma died, left my mother an apartment. My mother rented the apartment and get some money from it. Now my mother's cash flow is very well. To many other people, they do not have any time for themselves to save money, so how they lead their retire life without enough money???
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8 responses
@harini23 (84)
• India
25 Mar 12
I am in young age.Until now i did not plan for retirement and all..Still long way to go.And of course i will have enough money after retirement because we will save any way money for us.We have to make plan before only.We should learn how to save money.How to spend money for useful things not for unnecessary thing etc.So one should plan for future.
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@dandan07 (1906)
• China
25 Mar 12
Though we are still young, but a perfect retire plan needs many years. The early we put it in to practice, the easier for us to make it come true. Now I do not have a good way to save enough for my old life, I think the best way is to invest myself and my children.
@kiran8 (15348)
• Mangalore, India
25 Mar 12
Most young people tend to think that there is plenty of time and they can plan later on, but believe me, life is short and before you realise your productive years are over.After a certain stage you cannot work and earn as before and with family and children it become s very difficult to put aside any money for the future.So, unless one has a saving plan incorporated into your salary like Provident fund,gratuity or a pension plan it is not easy to save...
@dandan07 (1906)
• China
8 Apr 12
To young people, time is most precious things. As they have enough time, they have a lot of possibilities in the future. But if they do not make full use of it, good things will not come to them. comes to money. young people have more chances to earn money and have improvement in the job, but also they have more place to spend money, for their own, for their children, for house , for car and so on. So i think when they find that they earn more they have to spend more. it is still hard for them to save enough for their own retire life. plan is very important and the more important is to put the plan into practice.
@atwilson (540)
• Indonesia
25 Mar 12
for now i may say no. but i will do that. it really helps. you should too.
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@TrvlArrngr (4045)
• United States
26 Mar 12
I will have to work til I die. No opportunity to save for retirement as a single mom with 2 teenagers. Hopefully they will be successful and help me out when I need it.
@asyria51 (2861)
• United States
25 Mar 12
I am just over 30, and have been actively saving over the last year for retirement. Before that point, I did not have two pennies to rub together. My husband and I have increased our contributions into retirement investment accounts. We are also slowly adding to a regular savings account. We have also started our daughter's savings account for her college education. We have asked that friends and family give her money towards college instead of toys that will only be played with a few times before getting broken or set aside. We are trying to be fiscally responsible. We do not have credit card debt and are paying down our mortgage on a faster time table.
@nezavisima (7408)
• Bulgaria
25 Mar 12
I have enough money to retire. Yet I am only 24 years and imma just three years of service. I think it is still very nice when you think about your future and save money. but our life in Bulgaria is very difficult is not that other countries not just to us but it is tragic and almost no one thinks of pesnionirane. but I like your idea. Interesting topic. nice day!
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• Philippines
26 Mar 12
I have no money really for my retire life coz i did not able to get job since then........So no money coming in my life as the old age comes for my retirement age...............No money to collect...............so sad.......
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
25 Mar 12
After reading this post, I stop and think for while. I don't know how to answer that this time, yeah our income is not bad, I see myself sometimes living a luxury life coz we are enjoying our income coz life is too short to waste, but then in some way it is also a good idea to save for the future.
@MissPiggy (1748)
• Indonesia
25 Mar 12
Right now? I'm afraid no. I don't have enough money for my retirement. I have thought about it since years ago, but something always seems to happen and I have to use my money. But my friends and also my mom say that I actually have some savings. My motorbike, my laptop. At least if I really can't think anything anymore, I can still sell my bike. But I won't do that. Lol. But I will start to save some money. Hopefully soon as my bills will soon be finished. :D