Whatever job you get, set aside some savings for later life today. Not savings for a car or a house - save for those seperately. If you set aside a few thousand dollars a year for the next five years or so, you'll be way ahead of the game. As a result of compounding interest, saving $20,000 for retirement by the time you are 25 will result in more wealth than saving $100,000 between the ages of 35 and 50. Sadly, the latter is the more common method of retirement savings (myself included).
So the simple advice is this: Open an IRA and have a percentage of your paycheck deposited directly to it. Even if it's only $50 per check, it will add up over time and you'll not only be able to avoid paycheck-paycheck living at 40, but you'll be able to retire at 45 and do whatever you like for the rest of your life.
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