Comments on: Five (Nonsensical) Reasons to Delay Saving for Retirement http://totalcandor.com/blog/2008/04/five-nonsensical-reasons-to-delay-saving-for-retirement/ A Conversation About Income, Wealth, and the Steps in Between Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:10:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Michael http://totalcandor.com/blog/2008/04/five-nonsensical-reasons-to-delay-saving-for-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-5316 Michael Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:30:33 +0000 http://totalcandor.com/blog/?p=169#comment-5316 Jen, your PF hobby will pay off in the long-term far more than your friends passionate consumption will help them live truly comfortably. Just make sure you are staying in balance (frugality is fine - but only to a point). I suspect you already know this, but living exclusively for tomorrow is also a dangerous approach. I don't emphasize this when writing, because most people are hard-wired to spend, but for those who may overdo the saving thing, it's a good reminder. Keep up the great work! I look forward to being on the same tropical island with our respective families during retirement one day . . . Jen, your PF hobby will pay off in the long-term far more than your friends passionate consumption will help them live truly comfortably. Just make sure you are staying in balance (frugality is fine – but only to a point).

I suspect you already know this, but living exclusively for tomorrow is also a dangerous approach. I don’t emphasize this when writing, because most people are hard-wired to spend, but for those who may overdo the saving thing, it’s a good reminder.

Keep up the great work! I look forward to being on the same tropical island with our respective families during retirement one day . . .

]]> By: Jen http://totalcandor.com/blog/2008/04/five-nonsensical-reasons-to-delay-saving-for-retirement/comment-page-1/#comment-5286 Jen Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:34:43 +0000 http://totalcandor.com/blog/?p=169#comment-5286 I see a lot of these from my friends. It can be difficult to know that I am going to have a much better retirement (unless they change their ways, of course). We are recently out of college, and my PF hobby has lead me to start saving, investing, and 401k/Roth... ing. I get frustrated that my friends are more interested in buying Victoria Secret, planning their weddings, and consuming, consuming, consuming. I see a lot of these from my friends. It can be difficult to know that I am going to have a much better retirement (unless they change their ways, of course). We are recently out of college, and my PF hobby has lead me to start saving, investing, and 401k/Roth… ing. I get frustrated that my friends are more interested in buying Victoria Secret, planning their weddings, and consuming, consuming, consuming.

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