Silverlining22
Confused about dryer sheets
Hello everyone! I was very excited to find this site and begin exploring retirement. I am an elementary school principal of an inner-city, at-risk school, serving the needs of over 700 children...very stressful. I am also a single mother of a 17 year old son. He is a senior in High School this year. Several years ago I bought out 4 years toward my retirement, so that I could retire early (after 26 years instead of 30) and still maintain 75% of my salary. I plan to continue to work in some capacity after retirement, just because I am fearful of the cost of health care combined with living expenses (and I don't believe I will ever see a dime of the tens of thousands of dollars I have paid into Social Security and Medicare). I'm not sure what I will do? (Hopefully, something I love and come home at the end of the day not exhausted!) I have worked hard to stay out of debt, but I do have a house payment...if I continue on the path I am on, this too will be paid in 7 years. I would love to hear from others about anything I should be doing now to plan ahead. Thank you for sharing!