When do you hope to retire? I love my job but would like to be financially free within the next 10 years haha

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The second my 401k/savings hits 1.8-2 million. Easy to do if you were working since 18 and have been maxing 401k and ROTH. No student debt since I worked full-time while I was studying full-time.

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I was hoping to retire between turning 65-70 years old.

Got laid off i latter part of 2000s, tapped into retirement savings.

Did you originally aim for that age to max out Social Security? Just curious

If you are young then believe me you won’t be free in 10 years but rather would have a family and be even more stuck in the swamp ;)

Hahaha I am ....

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