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I was surprised to hear you say you were going to retire in 10 years @shellio: I imagine I'll want to keep working at least until I'm 70, barring any health issues. I feel like I trained for so long that I wouldn't want to let go of my skills so soon.

Probably old. lol. I like to work and I dont do well when Im idle. Im going to be one of those old lady cashiers even after I retire from a regular job.

We're on track to retire before age 45, maybe closer to 40. We'll see how it goes with our savings and investment goals once kids and daycare are a part of our lives, though.

Probably when my company forces me to retire.

I doubt we'll be ready to retire early unless I win the lottery or something.

I'd like to retire at the same time as DH and when he is 65, I'll be in my late 50s.

We hope to be able to retire by 45, but would probably have to at least continue to work part time for the health insurance.

@shellio: mmm I love to read. Keeps your brain sharp, too. That's the one big thing I noticed about my parents retiring early-use it or lose it, for sure

Honestly, I never want to retire. My 91 year old aunt still works (elementary school library once a week and teaches painting at senior center) and she still drives, lives alone, vacations, etc. My grandfather lived to almost 91 and he was still working at the family farm and also was driving, lived alone.
My grandparents that retired passed away in their 60s and early 70s.

Dh and I both want to retire at 60 latest. We want to volunteer, travel, and enjoy our kids/grandkids god willing. while we're in good health and younger age!

Probably 70+. For a few different reasons: I went straight from undergrad to my masters so I've had pretty much no time in my desired field and I am sure once I finally get into it I'll likely want to stay as long as possible. I also eventually want to get my doctorate but go back to the field or teach the subject and by the time I do that I'll already be older so I'll want to take advantage of that training and learning for as long as possible. I can see myself working in some capacity, possibly part time, forever (or as long as I'm healthy). I'm definitely not in it for the money (neither early childhood education or ministry pay well at all!) so if retirement was truly a goal I'd be in a different field. My mom will likely work until she's 70+ as well and if she wasn't working she'd be volunteering at the same thing. My dad went into a high paying field so he could retire early and will be retired soon at 55. So I have seen it both ways but for me I'd rather get paid less working indefinitely in a field I'm passionate about where I would still have the flexibility to go part time and travel and spend time with family in the future.

@rachiecakes: LOL!

I'd love to retire from my "career" job in my late 50s, and then devote my time to pursuing hobbies, doing volunteer work or perhaps some sort of part time fun/low stress job.

55ish. That's when we'll retire from our "day jobs". We will still have apartments to at least partially manage though. And we may be still doing some part-time "work" as a hobby.

65. I plan on having a post - retirement career though.

@shellio: sounds awesome to me this thread is interesting, Im surprised at all of the 'later' ages. I love my job and it is fulfilling but it's not what I want to do forever.

60ish, but who knows! I feel too young to think about this! I consider work fun right now, but who the heck knows how I will feel about it in 30 years?? I am not the type of person who has enough outside hobbies to retire at 50 or younger. I wouldn't trust myself to do anything productive or keep my mind sharp.

Probably never. Most everyone I know who's retired early also died before their 80's, so that's motivation for me to keep going.

No specific age plans for retirement. I haven't even started my career at 31. I plan to transition back into working in the next few years, and maybe go back to grad school in 7 or 8 years. So it'll probably be 5-10 years before I have a really firm career established, and then I hope to enjoy it enough to want to continue through out my life. My husband is also not the type to retire - his job is really his life, outside of us.

I'd like to travel and such more and more as I age, but really, I'd like to have a career that I enjoy so much that I want to keep doing it.

No clue, I need to get back to work first!

Honestly, I have no idea. I don't think our generation can depend on Social Security as a fall back, and costs will only continue to increase over time. I want to make sure that I have enough so that my LO can focus on her and her family's financial future. Also I'm in my late 30's and I am not where close to accomplishing what I'd like to professionally.

I also think aging is going to be different in the future. People are already living longer.

Who knows?