Sep 24, 2026 · 13 min · 8 segments
Want to retire wise? Book a discovery meeting ➡️ https://calendly.com/retirewise-shawn/30-minute-free-discovery-call?month=2026-05 "When can I retire?" might be the question we get asked more than…
And it's about knowing where you're at and where you're going and doing the right analysis to figure out if that even makes sense.
Just arbitrarily picking a date, it's just not, yeah, you may want to retire, but can you? And part of our job is to do the proper analysis and do the right planning for you and to be transparent and tell you where you're at.
So let's go into the whole conversation, honestly, and figure out where you need to be.
It's not a matter of necessarily just one aspect, like when can you claim Social Security? There's a lot of things that go into it.
And it's just not about, hey, I feel like retiring because I had two crappy days in a row at work.
I think for a lot of people, Sean, it is easy when you're just kind of getting penciling in the date to go with the standard 65, you know, it's just what we've heard forever, or maybe 66 or 67, cause you know, it's full retirement age or even 62.
But some people I do like to say, well, I'm, you know, I'm not going to retire until I get to the million or the 2 million or whatever the number is.
So, you know, Regardless of how you pick your date, people want to feel safe, quote-unquote safe, about the date that they've picked.
Obviously, getting a plan and a strategy helps determine that that's good.
But let's just say, for the sake of the argument...
You've got one penciled in there looking pretty good.
What are the biggest factors that move that forward or backwards?
And when you talk about the numbers, someone says, well, I'll be comfortable when I get to the million or whatever it is.
And it's about knowing where you're at and where you're going and doing the right analysis to figure out if that even makes sense.
Just arbitrarily picking a date, it's just not, yeah, you may want to retire, but can you? And part of our job is to do the proper analysis and do the right planning for you and to be transparent and tell you where you're at.
So let's go into the whole conversation, honestly, and figure out where you need to be.
It's not a matter of necessarily just one aspect, like when can you claim Social Security? There's a lot of things that go into it.
And it's just not about, hey, I feel like retiring because I had two crappy days in a row at work.
I think for a lot of people, Sean, it is easy when you're just kind of getting penciling in the date to go with the standard 65, you know, it's just what we've heard forever, or maybe 66 or 67, cause you know, it's full retirement age or even 62.
But some people I do like to say, well, I'm, you know, I'm not going to retire until I get to the million or the 2 million or whatever the number is.
So, you know, Regardless of how you pick your date, people want to feel safe, quote-unquote safe, about the date that they've picked.
Obviously, getting a plan and a strategy helps determine that that's good.
But let's just say, for the sake of the argument...
You've got one penciled in there looking pretty good.
What are the biggest factors that move that forward or backwards?
And when you talk about the numbers, someone says, well, I'll be comfortable when I get to the million or whatever it is.
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