Sunday, December 7, 2014

A Guide On How To Retire Comfortably And Happy

By Claudine Hodges


Most people would dream about retiring early and having financial freedom at an early age so that they can enjoy the fruits of their labor. Now if one would want to do that, there are some things that he would have to do first in order to prepare. Here are a few tips for those who would want to know how to retire comfortably and happy.

Now one of the tips that most financial experts would suggest would be to start early while one still has the energy to work. Now while one is still young, the one thing that he should do would be to save. He should never spend more than the amount that he makes.

Now this is one of the simplest and yet most neglected rules in the whole book. Of course in order to do this, one should first make a budget wherein he would list down all of his expenses for a whole month and minus the amount of his expenses to his monthly income. With that, he should then put all the remaining money that he has aside in a savings account and just leave a small budget for his enjoyment so that he will have quite a bit of savings every month.

Now another very important thing to do would be to make sure that one does not have any debts. Now the thing about debts is that even if one saves a lot, his savings will run out if he does not pay his debts right away. So the primary rule is to clear all debts as soon as possible.

Now in general, it is not advisable to have any debts unless a loan is absolutely necessary. However, one very good exception to the rule would be to get a loan in order to start out a business or invest in an opportunity because this will bring in profits. One can then use the profits to slowly pay off the loan after.

The next tip would be to research on investment opportunities like the stock market or in other programs that the bank would offer. Some of the opportunities that the bank would offer would be long term investments in time deposits or other interest bearing things. One should research on which of these opportunities are the best for him then he should start investing early once he already has the money from the savings.

Now another thing that he can do would be to try out some social securities. Social securities are great because they would allow retirees to earn while they are already retired. So just like in the investments, one should first study more about social securities before he gets one.

So these are some of the things that one can do in order to live a nice retired life. If one would want to retire young and happy, he has to make sure he has money. And in order to do this, he has to not lose money, make more money, and invest.




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