Join Deanne and Brian from Elevate Wealth Advisory as they drill down into essential retirement planning tips in this episode. Discover the power of the "Save Early & Often" strategy, and learn why starting small and making saving a non-negotiable part of your budget can set you up for a comfortable retirement. Understand the common obstacles people face and how to overcome them to prioritize your future. Tune in to get expert insights and practical advice to live your best life confidently.

Hey, Everybody! This is Deanne with Elevate Wealth, and on today's episode I'm joined by Brian Rosso, a wealth adviser at Elevate. Hey, Brian! Hey, Deanne! And we're talking about retirement planning hacks, like life planning hacks, but things that make retirement planning easy or easier. So Brian, what is the easiest thing that people can do to prepare for retirement? I'm glad you asked, because we get this question a lot in our office. We do. And we have a phrase we like to use and it's "save early and often." Because really the easiest way to get and stay on track for retirement is just start a regular savings plan. And you have got to make it non-negotiable because it'll really help in your life and budget. Yep. This, Brian, this seems so overly simple, but it's actually really hard to do, isn't it? So, why don't people save early and often? Because life happens, right? When we're young we're just getting our first real job, we're thinking more about the freedom and the resources to do what we want today, and not necessarily what we want to do maybe 30 years down the road. And by the time we realize savings should be a priority, maybe we have higher expenses, maybe we're trying to raise a family, buy a home, or pay off debt. You know, if we haven't already established that automatic savings habit, it gets really hard the longer we wait, right? It really does. It does. Also it's pretty amazing to see what happens when we just start small, isn't it? Yeah, that's our biggest recommendation, just start small. Especially if you're in your 20s. And the important thing is just to get started, because even though the dollars are small initially, the compound interest that those dollars can create can make a big difference when it comes time to retire. Absolutely. Well, you know, our mission at Elevate is to give people access to the tools and resources to help them confidently live their best lives, and saving early and often is one of the easiest things that can help with that, so Brian, thank you for joining me today, for your great advice, and for more retirement planning resources head on over to elevate-wealth.com and click "Let's Talk!" Thanks for tuning in and we'll see you next time!