5 Retirement Questions to Ask Yourself in Your 50s

5 Retirement Questions to Ask Yourself in Your 50s

You may not have put much thought into retirement back when you were in your 20s, 30s, or even 40s. But if you're in your 50s, retirement is probably just a decade or so away, and that means it's time to start focusing on your golden years. Here are a few questions to ask yourself about retirement as that milestone slowly but surely gets closer.

Retirees today certainly aren't strangers to debt -- in fact, an estimated 20% will ultimately end up taking that debt with them to the grave. Not only do 30% of seniors aged 65 and older continue to carry mortgage debt, but early retirees aged 65 to 69 owe an estimated $6,876 in credit card debt, on average.

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