Category: retirement

Was it worth getting a student loan?

I started this blog to document my thoughts and to do research about paying off my student loans.  I search frequently on the internet and other media resources for stories of why and how other people have successfully paid off student loans.  As a teacher, the amount of education decides how much you can earn

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Why Are Boomers Still Working? Maybe We Just Don’t Know How To Retire

Ann Brenoff’s “On The Fly” is a column about navigating growing older and a few other things.   I am a 68-year-old baby boomer who still works full time. I am precisely who younger people point to when they hear the reports that more of them can’t find jobs and more of me still have

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This Is The Biggest Life Event That Millennials Don’t See Coming

Ann Brenoff’s “On The Fly” is a weekly column about navigating growing older and a few other things.   Dear millennials,   Sorry to be the bearer of bad news here, but you are about to get sucked into a hellhole, unlike anything you’ve ever previously imagined. It will devastate you, leave you emotionally spent, make

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Pensions, parents, and children: Am I better off? – BBC News

Image copyright Getty Images As the baby boomer generation retires, their children are planning their own provision for life after work. According to the Resolution Foundation, growth rates in income appear to have stalled for millennials, while those now retiring are most likely to own a home and have a generous private pension. We asked

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