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You can also access the retirement funds early if you need: https://www.madfientist.com/how-to-access-retirement-funds-early/
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You can either spend now or spend later. You need to find a balance of enjoying yourself now but not coming up short in retirement.
There are ways of accessing your retirement accounts before 59.5
Invest what you can while you are younger, while also saving for the big purchases (ring, wedding, house etc). As those things happen you can then shift more towards retirement.
Personally I understand the effects of compounding, but I prefer to have a balance of investments for my goals while I am younger, I do not agree with the maxing out of retirement if it means you can’t save for other big purchases.
As others noted, there are ways to access funds from tax advantaged accounts before the age of 60.
I'm 32 and I'm a few years away from hitting coast FIRE. This may not be for you, but I think it's been a great way of balancing the goal of saving towards an early retirement and not having to worry about spending on w/e I want during a time when I would ideally spending the most.
It took some sacrifice, but I'm still relatively young and in a good spot.
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It’s not about being rich and old, it’s about being able to not work and be able to live in peace and do what you love.
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It doesn’t necessarily have to be when you’re old. I know of folks who retirees in their 40s. Although that is not the norm
If you have a large nest egg in retirement accounts it frees up other disposable income to spend in your 30s-50s. Earlier you build the retirement account the better. If you get to your 40s or 50s and are not on track with enough to retire than it will cause you to need to save a lot more money in those years and may lead to needing to cut back on your lifestyle