Instructions For this assignment, you’ll read several short articles and use the

Instructions
For this assignment, you’ll read several short articles and use these as a source of information (as well as other matter you might already know) to create two plans for retirement. Download this Word doc, and then type your responses from each of these parts into it.
Part I: Information Gathering
Read through the six articles linked:
Why Retirement is a Flawed Concept (Links to an external site.)
The Basics of FIRE (Links to an external site.)
This 33 Year-Old Could Retire Tomorrow with No Debt (Links to an external site.)
Journey through the 6 Stages of Retirement (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
The Pitfalls of Early Retirement and How to Avoid Them (Links to an external site.)
8 Things to Do During Your First 30 Days of Retirement (Links to an external site.)
After reading through these pieces and considering your own responses to them, write 200-300 words or so considering what stood out to you from these articles. Each article covers a different aspect of retirement and will help to inform your own retirement comparisons. You don’t need to address every major point in these articles! Instead draw out the ones that will influence you as you consider retirement. Identify which points and values will guide your decision-making and experience surrounding retirement.
Part II: Retirement Options
Next, based on these principles and your own goals/interests, create two different potential retirement plans for yourself. Write one paragraph about the first retirement option, and then a second paragraph covering the second option. In each paragraph, you should address:
when you will retire
what kind of work you were doing before retirement
what kind of work you will be doing after retirement
what kind of goals you accomplish in retirement
what sort of activities you will continue to do
what kind of friendships and social life you’ll maintain
what family connections you will foster
what sort of lifestyle you will maintain
what things you will buy
where you will invest
what kind of legacy you will leave
Feel free to add anything else you find relevant. After writing up the two retirement options, write one last paragraph comparing and contrasting them. Where do you stand now? Which retirement appeals to you most? Which one is most attainable? Which one are you going to work toward?
Part III: Retire Today
No matter when you plan to retire, or what retirement looks like to you, you are likely putting something off until much later on in life. Write about one thing you can do today, tomorrow, next week, the week after that, and so on, that you were planning to save for retirement. What can you start doing today, that you don’t have to spend your whole life waiting for? What piece of your retirement can start today?