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When Long-term Savings Feel Abstract

I started saving for retirement at 25 and my balance looks good on paper but I can't imagine actually being old enough to use it, like I'm saving for someone else's life.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The inability to emotionally connect with your future self makes disciplined saving feel hollow and disconnected from your actual lived experience.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Saving and the psychology of deferred gratification?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.