Retirement

I was unable to begin investing as early on as I should've or would've liked to optimally, so I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna have much of a choice in the matter and will be working til I physically no longer am able to. Just unfortunately sort of the state of the U.S. sucked badly, as I'd graduated college in the recession (circa 2008) and like many others felt the heavy & brutal impacts of sudden layoffs & unemployment through no fault of my own. Between that and the way our federal Social Security program is currently crumbling...yep. I'm fully sure that - unless I miraculously hit the lottery at some point between now and then! 😆 - retirement isn't going to be something I encounter in my lifetime [from a personal point of view]. Que sera, sera.