With trends such as late marriage, late birth, fewer children, and an ageing society, the idea of depending on one’s children for old age support is not the guarantee that it once was. In order to live a dignified and high-quality retirement life, it makes sense to draw up a comprehensive retirement plan now.
As part of your comprehensive retirement plan, you need to consider the following:
Planning for security is the most important step in financial planning; without adequate security planning, decrease or suspension of income or a sudden rise in medical expenses from illnesses or accidents can cause one’s financial capacity to deteriorate to the extent that the plans previously made for retirement become affected.
Because a retirement plan may span several decades, many people believe that retirement planning is difficult and unrealistic. Actually, retirement planning is not as difficult as you may think. If you set your goals for an ideal retirement systematically, have a clear, step-by-step execution plan, and review and modify the plans periodically, you can realize your ideal retirement.
A good retirement plan should not only provide enough retirement funds during your retirement, but also provide for your family if you pass away.
From the three cases above, we can see that a good retirement plan needs to follow the following principles: