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Many of you know that I am a teacher. This is my 15th year of teaching. I am exhausted. You also know that I like my job. I don’t love it but I don’t hate it. I do have my days when I hate being a dual language teacher, but that is a conversation for another day.
My plan is to retire in 10-12 years. If I could, I would retire now. Since I can’t do it now, I have to suck it up! 🤣 🤣
So what is my plan while I wait for retirement?
• Save money in a 403(b) account. I have been saving since my first year of teaching but don’t have enough for now. I am looking into opening another account. At the moment I cannot remember the name of it but it is an account similar to a 403(b).
• Continue to teach. I already made a career change and don’t want to make another one. So I will continue to make a difference in students’ lives.
• Work as a math interventionist. It isn’t a career change. I will still be working with students but in smaller groups. I will work with only those students that need the extra help in Math. The plan is to do this the last 4-5 years before I retire. I want to spend my last couple of years “stress-free” and not have to deal with lesson plans, grades, or a classroom.
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I love your plan! It’s easier to save money and to be motivated in your job if you have a retirement goal to work for.
Another thing that I found helpful was to track expenditure. It’s easy and smart to know where your hard-earned pennies are going to.
It always surprises me how few people actually do that.
I don’t usually spend a lot of money on extra good stuff. But it still wouldn’t hurt to track my expenditures. Thanks!
I hope you find a way to be happy in the final years of your career. I can’t imagine being a teacher–it’s a tough job!
Thanks, Wendy. I hope I am happy those last years. I will find a way. 🙂
That’s great that you have a plan.
I don’t love my job. But it’s money so I work. WFH makes it more bearable and I love my nyc trips.
Working from home is ideal but it depends on the job. I wouldn’t want to stay and teach. Those few months that I did that were horrible.
This sounds like a pretty solid plan. Teaching is such an honorable and noble profession, but it is harder than most of us can ijmagine in so many ways. You deserve a little “stress-free” for sure. That being said, thank you for all you do.
Thanks, Jenn.