Comment on Are you on track to retire comfortably? Australia's new super benchmark released

Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I’m a millennial and I’m 32 now and am at about the 40 year old need,

  I’m an exception i beleive, I’ve always had a good paying job since I finished my trade, I now work for myself and pay 15 percent super to myself.

  My wife on the other hand also a trades person but she took it up in her late 20s. Her super is lagging unfortunately.

  Hopefully combined we can retire comfortably provided we don’t have another of these seemingly bidecade once in a lifetime financial crisis

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  • Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Is your trade very physical? I did 3 years of residential construction when I was 18-21. There was no way I could have maintained that lifestyle long term. Was enough to inspire me to go study so I could get a desk job. I am 41 now and happy with my choice.

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    • Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Very much so, diesel mechanic on massive machinery the size of buildings.

      I certainly feel it the older I get so I went and did cert 4 in business management ans a cert4 in leadership and management so I’m more competitive in getting a job running a workshop in the future.

      Ideally though owning my own company, eventually I might be able to hire someone else and then work on getting more work to get others employed.

      Obviously pie in the sky dreams but goals are good for me to have

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