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Every Mom will get Retired
RETIREMENT
Yes, the day will come when you get to lay down the heavy burden of your multiple careers -- wife, mother, member of the workforce. That day will come. But will you be ready for it. If you've worked steadily, you might be able to draw between $1000 and $2000 a month from Social Security, assuming you live until age 67 or 68. If you haven't worked steadily, your Social Security benefits will be reduced accordingly. Assuming you get the big payoff, say $2000 a month, can you live off that amount?
If you don't think you can, or you don't think your benefits will be that great, then maybe, just maybe, it's time to begin serious retirement planning. Our goal is not to tell you how to do it, but to provide resources that will teach you the basics. What you don't want to do is what many women do, stick the money in a low interest checking account and hope that by some miracle, it will grow into a nest egg.
You've had to educate yourself through all prior stages of life; it's time you begin the "retirement planning" education process. Check out the resources at these links:
Social Security Retirement Planner
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