Studies show that the average working person today will spend roughly 25 years in retirement.
To put it into perspective, if you are a recent entrant into the workplace this represents your entire nursery school, primary, high and university life combined. On the other hand, if you are close to your second quarter milestone, that period may be longer than your entire professional career thus far. In short, it is going to be a long time. We say it’s time to start planning for it.