Hello.  Are you retired or have you thought about retirement?
I'm not retired, I'm only 33. I wish! I thought about it a while ago when I started a 401k at age 20 but I ended up having to take the money out of it after a surgery. What about you?
I am at the retirement age with 31 years as an educator, however, I am choosing to put off total retirement because I love my job.
Aw that's amazing. Do you work at a high school or a college maybe? I hope one day to have a job that I love as much as you love yours. I used to be a makeup artist but I hated it, so now I'm back in the restaurant industry. I'm just serving the millionaires and billionaires of South Florida currently, lol.
I work at an elementary school.  I hope you find a job you love too...it's out there, believe me. I'm in Florida too...millionaires, billionaires...wow! It's important to prepare for retirement though.  Germany was the first to start it in 1889.
Yup, the millionaires and billionaires of Palm Beach Island, lol. They're a different kind of people, they're so entertaining to watch and listen to haha. I used to want to be an elementary school teacher too! I wanted to teach 4th grade. Also, you're right it's very important, I'm watching my dad start dealing with it now and he's having a little bit of a hard time because he wasn't able to prepare as well as he wanted to unfortunately.
I'm sorry to hear that about your dad.  I know many people going through the same thing.  You should look into elementary education.  It's so rewarding.  4th grade is so fun to teach. 
I would love to but unfortunately I live by myself and can't afford the money or the time it takes to go back to school for a degree. It's a vicious cycle...I need to work more to get a better job, but if I work more, I don't have time to get the education for that better job, lol.