This month, I'll celebrate my birthday, but I'm not sure how much celebrating I'll do. At 28, I'm back in my hometown in Oregon after two cross-country moves and more than one journalism career blip thanks to the economic downturn. Needless to say, I'm not quite where I planned to be.
My looming birthday also got me thinking about my finances. Are they where I'd hoped they'd be at 28? Not really.
I depleted most of my savings after buying a car and moving more than once, often without a job lined up. For retirement, I have maybe $2,000 stowed into a Roth IRA. I've never contributed to a 401(k), nor put money away to buy a house. Thankfully, I have no student loan or credit card debt.
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