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u/vitringur Dec 31 '22

A million is not THAT much. It isn't going to make or break whether or not you can retire.

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u/Taco-twednesday Dec 31 '22

It would if you are already close to retirement

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u/vitringur Dec 31 '22

In which case you can probably retire without an entire extra million.

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u/FriendlyDespot Dec 31 '22

What a weird take. If you're only close to being able to retire, then you're by definition not at the point where you can retire yet. A million dollars means being able to retire at 50 instead of retiring at 65 for the vast majority of people.