How do you get serious about retirement savings in your 30s and 40s while juggling the costs of housing and raising a family?WE TALK TO:<ul><li>Dan Bortolotti, an associate portfolio manager and financial planner at PWL Capital, as well as the author of index investing blog <a href="https://canadiancouchpotato.com/">Canadian Couch Potato</a></li></ul>SUGGESTED READING:<ul><li><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/household-finances/article-our-most-irrational-financial-habit-cheaping-out-on-retirement-saving/" target="_blank">Our most irrational financial habit? Cheaping out on retirement saving</a> is a good read for those who need some motivation to save for retirement.</li><li>Check out The Globe's Real Life Ratio calculator to see if your mortgage is keeping you from fulfilling other important financial obligations:<a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/genymoney/is-your-mortgage-leaving-you-house-poor/article32454366/" target="_blank">Is your mortgage leaving you house poor?</a></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;How do you get serious about retirement savings in your 30s and 40s while juggling the costs of housing and raising a family?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WE TALK TO:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dan Bortolotti, an associate portfolio manager and financial planner at PWL Capital, as well as the author of index investing blog &lt;a href="https://canadiancouchpotato.com/"&gt;Canadian Couch Potato&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;SUGGESTED READING:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/household-finances/article-our-most-irrational-financial-habit-cheaping-out-on-retirement-saving/" target="_blank"&gt;Our most irrational financial habit? Cheaping out on retirement saving&lt;/a&gt; is a good read for those who need some motivation to save for retirement.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Check out The Globe's Real Life Ratio calculator to see if your mortgage is keeping you from fulfilling other important financial obligations:&lt;a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/genymoney/is-your-mortgage-leaving-you-house-poor/article32454366/" target="_blank"&gt;Is your mortgage leaving you house poor?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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How do you get serious about retirement savings in your 30s and 40s while juggling the costs of housing and raising a family?

The School of Hard Knocks

In this first episode, Rob explains why you should be thinking about retirement in your 20s, even though you may have 40+ years in the workforce ahead of you.WE TALK TO:<ul><li>Shannon Lee Simmons, financial planner and the founder of the <a href="http://www.shannonleesimmons.com/">New School of Finance</a></li></ul>SUGGESTED READING:<ul><li>Rob lays out four simple ways for millennials to get started here: <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/genymoney/gen-y-your-guide-to-getting-started-saving-for-retirement/article34132065/" target="_blank">Gen Y: Your guide to getting started saving for retirement</a></li><li>For some more tips, check out this:<a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/inside-the-market/article-these-brokers-and-robo-advisers-offer-money-saving-deals-for/" target="_blank">Younger investors, here’s how to get fee breaks and other little-known perks at online brokers and robo-advisers</a></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this first episode, Rob explains why you should be thinking about retirement in your 20s, even though you may have 40+ years in the workforce ahead of you.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WE TALK TO:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Shannon Lee Simmons, financial planner and the founder of the &lt;a href="http://www.shannonleesimmons.com/"&gt;New School of Finance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;SUGGESTED READING:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rob lays out four simple ways for millennials to get started here: &lt;a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/personal-finance/genymoney/gen-y-your-guide-to-getting-started-saving-for-retirement/article34132065/" target="_blank"&gt;Gen Y: Your guide to getting started saving for retirement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;For some more tips, check out this:&lt;a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/inside-the-market/article-these-brokers-and-robo-advisers-offer-money-saving-deals-for/" target="_blank"&gt;Younger investors, here’s how to get fee breaks and other little-known perks at online brokers and robo-advisers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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In this first episode, Rob explains why you should be thinking about retirement in your 20s, even though you may have 40+ years in the workforce ahead of you.

Young and Careless

In this last episode, Rob talks about how to get maximum traction as you head into the final stretch as a saver toward retirement.WE TALK TO:<ul><li>Rona Birenbaum, founder of financial planning firm <a href="https://www.caringforclients.com/">Caring for Clients</a> and co-founder of the online financial planning platform <a href="https://www.viviplan.com/">Viviplan</a></li></ul>SUGGESTED READING:<ul><li>Given that a lot of traditional measures of retirement readiness are close to useless, here's <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/retirement/retire-planning/the-new-updated-way-to-tell-if-youve-saved-enough-for-retirement/article33906030/" target="_blank">The new way to tell if you’ve saved enough for retirement</a></li><li>Earlier this year, Rob explained <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/inside-the-market/article-life-expectancy-gap-narrowing-but-women-still-need-to-save-more-for/" target="_blank">Why it’s even harder to save for retirement for women</a></li></ul>

<description>&lt;p&gt;In this last episode, Rob talks about how to get maximum traction as you head into the final stretch as a saver toward retirement.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;WE TALK TO:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rona Birenbaum, founder of financial planning firm &lt;a href="https://www.caringforclients.com/"&gt;Caring for Clients&lt;/a&gt; and co-founder of the online financial planning platform &lt;a href="https://www.viviplan.com/"&gt;Viviplan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;SUGGESTED READING:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Given that a lot of traditional measures of retirement readiness are close to useless, here's &lt;a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/retirement/retire-planning/the-new-updated-way-to-tell-if-youve-saved-enough-for-retirement/article33906030/" target="_blank"&gt;The new way to tell if you’ve saved enough for retirement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Earlier this year, Rob explained &lt;a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/inside-the-market/article-life-expectancy-gap-narrowing-but-women-still-need-to-save-more-for/" target="_blank"&gt;Why it’s even harder to save for retirement for women&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
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In this last episode, Rob talks about how to get maximum traction as you head into the final stretch as a saver toward retirement.

Walking the Plank into Retirement

How much money are you saving for your retirement? Will it do the job? If you've ever wondered if your money will be working hard enough once you're not, The Globe 's personal finance columnist Rob Carrick will help you get in the right frame of mind.

<description>&lt;p&gt;How much money are you saving for your retirement? Will it do the job? If you've ever wondered if your money will be working hard enough once you're not, The Globe 's personal finance columnist Rob Carrick will help you get in the right frame of mind.&lt;/p&gt;
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How much money are you saving for your retirement? Will it do the job? If you've ever wondered if your money will be working hard enough once you're not, The Globe 's personal finance columnist Rob Carrick will help you get in the right frame of mind.

Introducing Rob Carrick's Retirementality

Looking Ahead: The Retirementality is a personal look at the challenges of retirement planning by Globe and Mail personal finance columnist Rob Carrick. Rob tackles retirement from the point of view of millennials, Gen Xers and baby boomers using his own experiences and advice from financial planners. Tune in to find out how to get your retirement planning on track.

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