2030 is our year. I'm a brand new member to this site, although I've been lurking for a while now. Signed up primarily to join this thread and because we are getting serious about retirement.
I'm 48 years old, and my husband is 51. We have three children, but only one still at home. Husband is a state employee and will have 40 years with full pension in approximately 2030 (some factors in there including a deferred compensation program and unused leave that can be used to buy years). Current goal is to have enough in savings to match his pension amount with a 3-4% withdrawal rate (low end - 1.2 million, high end - 1.7 million). Long way to go yet, but working toward the goal. We could make it with less, but would prefer not to. Currently maxing out my 401k and close to maxing his 403b. Need to begin fully funding Roth IRAs for both of us and begin contributing to his 457B.
I likely wouldn't even be attempting this if I hadn't found this forum a couple of years ago. I've always contributed up to the employer match to my 401k at work but never thought about how much more we might need at retirement. Even though his state retirement isn't a lot of money relatively speaking, knowing it was there made us complacent. Once I found this forum, we began maxing out my 401k and saving more into his supplemental retirement and Roth IRA as soon as possible (as children finished college and left home).
Thanks Hilltide for starting this thread! I'm looking forward to following everyone's progress over this approximately 11 year timeline.