RETIREMENT

There's nothing I enjoy thinking about more than RETIREMENT. What a lovely concept. And thanks to my job and John Hancock, I am learning what it means to save for retirement. The first step is picturing what you want your retirement lifestyle to be. When I imagine my retirement, I think of:

Room Service

No more

Retail Therapy

More Shopping because I want to

Partying with the besties

Me & Mine

[and our estates in

Ballard

Austria

Japan

and possibly

somewhere tropical]

Who doesn't want to be filthy rich when they retire? We will of course have to love our parents, siblings, children and grandchildren & contribute to our communities. So, now is the time to save and plan.

The second step is determining how much you need to contribute each month. This is for real. If I want to live the high life in retirement, I'm going to have to set money aside now. No big deal, right?

Step three calls for more knowledge than I have. One must understand the "risk/return relationship." Investments. Bleh. I guess now is the best time to be doing that, because the economy can only get better over the next 5 years.

So, here's to my future. I welcome you all to join me.