Social Security isn’t going to fund a comfortable retirement, unless the definition is watching TV with an box of kibble to snack on.
In the field services industry, there are more field service inspectors over the age of 65 years than those under the age of 25 years.
In the good old days, plain old savings earned 5.25% annually by federal law. Buying a house was not a way to get rich quick, it was more like a forced savings plan, as over time real estate earned about 1% above the core inflation rate. Those days are long gone. Today, it is difficult to save money and earn interest on saved money.
Maybe you should focus not on retiring comfortably, but on working comfortably. Line up work you enjoy that can be performed in your senior years.
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