New Goal

One thing you guys don't know about me is that I am an absolute retirement-planning fool. I am all about tucking money away today so that I will have the option to retire when I want. Okay, maybe not when I want - otherwise you could throw me a party next week - but I want the ability to look up one day when I'm 52 and say "Okay, I've had a good run, see you in the funny papers."

One of the big concerns facing many retirees is outliving their savings. If you've planned on 20 years of retirement, you retire at age 65, but live to be 94 - well, you can see the problem. 9 years worth of problems to be exact.

(I swear this is getting back to a blog-related topic)

I was playing with MSN Money's Life Expectancy Calculator and found out that at the rate I'm going, I should plan on living to be 93. Sounds good, right? Well, they tell me that if I weighed 151, I'd get an extra 9 years! Think about what you could do with an extra 9 years: the grandbabies and great-grandbabies you could play with, the books you could read, the time you could spend with people you love. Count me in.

So I have a new goal: 151. I'll just have to save my pennies accordingly.