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5 Long-Term Financial Goals and How to Achieve Them

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What are long-term financial goals and why are they important? Long-term financial goals are your money objectives that will take more than a few years to achieve. Your long-term goals are an important aspect of your financial health. These goals provide motivation, direction and discipline when managing your finances.

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Can I Go into Retirement Early With FIRE?

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If any of these scenarios sound ideal, you may be dreaming of a FIRE retirement lifestyle. It’s a movement that helps people take control of their financial independence by making trade-offs, such as extreme saving and budgeting early in their careers, to retire earlier in life—often decades ahead of a conventional retirement plan.

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The FIRE Movement (Financial Independence, Retire Early) and Independent Work

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The New York Times article  How to Retire in Your 30s With $1 Million in the Bank nicely covers the " growing movement of young professionals who are intently focused on quitting their jobs forever." " It's called the FIRE movement and the acronym stands for Financial Independence, Retire Early.

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Consulteering - A New Approach to Retirement

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Work a Little, Play a Little: A New Retirement Strategy from the New York Times covers the  growing trend towards people working part-time in retirement.   The article focuses on a retired educator who has put together a portfolio of activities to meet his goal of “balancing a life of leisure with a life of purpose.”.

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A Millennial’s Guide to Finances: 5 Things to Start Before You Turn 30

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I promise this will not be another article that berates your affinity for avocado toast (pro tip, if you prepare it at home it’s half the price!) advises you to write a list of financial and lifestyle goals. Separate your goals into five, 10 and even 20-year plans based on your determined spending and saving habits.

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Tori Dunlap, Founder of Her First 100K is on a Mission to Close the Gender Pay Gap

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It all started with a goal. In the two years since accomplishing that goal, I have gone on to start a multi-seven figure business; attracted a social media audience of more than 3 million; hosted the No. I wanted to save $100,000 by age 25. What does it mean to pursue financial feminism? One of my favorite tools is the “Money Date.”

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Building a Distributed Team in the Future of Work

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Things like health care, retirement benefits and tax considerations should all be factored in. If a job description doesn’t clearly outline the daily, weekly and long-term goals—plus how those roll into larger organizational goals—both parties will leave frustrated. Clear expectations. Photos by Shutterstock.