The short version: I started by making a preventable mistake in the retirement account I chose. Then I avoided dealing with that mistake for several years. Finally, I faced it, got back on track with a better account, and lived to tell the tale. The Whole Story About a year after I graduated from college, I started…

When I was in middle school, my mom showed me a paper she had copied out of a magazine years before. There wasn’t a lot of content on the page, just a simple title, a brief story, and a chart. Something like this: How to Become a Millionaire If Jane invests $2,000 a year for eight…

I don’t know about you, but even though I see myself working until I’m 100 (one can dream, right?), I want that work to be done for pure enjoyment rather than necessity. In other words, I want the option to retire, even if I don’t take it. That means I need to think about saving for retirement now. Retirement…