Worried About Retirement? The One Step To Change Everything
episodePreviously titled “Ep 142 | Worried About Retirement? The One Step To Change Everything” — renamed by the publisher on Aug 2, 2026
Wealthy After 40: Retirement Planning and Budgeting for Gen X
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Are you hoping retirement will magically work out without a budget?
Are you hoping your retirement will magically work out, even though you don't use a budget and you have no idea where your money's going? Let me be blunt. Hope is not a plan. I've seen the results of people waiting too long, and I've seen what happens when they don't. In today's episode, I'm going to share with you both sides of that story and then also one step that can change everything for you. So if you're ready to stop holding your breath and finally take control, this episode's for you. Welcome to the wealthy after 40 podcast, the show for Gen X women and couples who are ready to ditch financial stress and feel confident about retirement. I'm your host, Dailene Higgins, financial and retirement coach, helping Gen Xers master their money and create a personalized retirement plan so they can stop spinning their wheels and step boldly into their dream retirement.
If you're feeling behind, don't worry. Continue listening to this podcast as well as be sure to grab your free guide, Five Must Do Steps to Start Retirement Planning Now at elevatefinances.us backslash must do. And remember, let's make retirement possible together. Welcome to the episodes. I'm just going to start this out with, I am going to be very bold in this episode, if that is not your style. If you're new to me, welcome to the bold side of Dailene. But I really feel like this episode needs to be shared and be shared just as bluntly as I can, because I have seen so much in so many financial situations in the last week that I I wish I could help everybody. I wish I could wake everybody up. But for those of you that are listening, I want this to be your wake-up call.
As I begin to share, I will also give you an action step because that's what I do as a coach. But I am not going to mince words and be, you know, very warm and comforting about it, even though that is typically my style. I'm very compassionate, very helpful, but... Sometimes things just need to be said. Yeah, I mean, I'm not going to rattle off everything because I'm going to share two things with you that specifically spell it out. Well, the one does, the other one's the other side, but I just want you to understand that That you, instead of just feeling like you're late to the game and you keep listening and you keep searching for something, you're late to the game at 45 or 50, you can take action.
You can take action. The first, quote, story, it really was just a post in a financial planning Facebook group. And the person that was posting the information was a child of these individuals. I haven't worked with them. I don't know anything more than what was shared. But I have seen so many posts about children being worried about having to support their parents in retirement. Number one, I don't want that to be you. Number two, you know, it is happening and I get that there's situations. These are not situations. They are honestly waiting too long. This post was, my parents are 67. They want to retire by 70. Their financial advisor sat down with them and said... you're $3,400 short every month of savings to be able to achieve that.
Okay, they're still saving a chunk of change. $3,400 is a lot. I don't know anything else, but I do know that the individual said they are not even budgeting. I don't even know how to help them find this $3,400. And that's not a small gap. That's a wall. they're flying blind. There's no clarity. There's no plan. They have three years to figure it out. And I'm sure they will. You know my motto, I make retirement possible. But why are we waiting until 67 to start budgeting, to start taking action, to start realizing? That's why I say if you're 45, 50, 55, feeling, quote, late to the game, you're Just realize you take action now, you're going to be just fine. Now, I want to contrast that. In the same time that I read that, I got a sweet message from some former clients of mine.
They worked together with me as a couple. Obviously, the wife is the one handling all of the management and he supports her. You can see that. It was a great client opportunity for myself and I really enjoyed serving them.
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