Not sure how much we will have to leave our kids, and my wife and I are not expecting much from our parents. The one thing we did for our kids was save for their education so at least they graduated from university debt free as they started their adult lives. That counts for something.
For myself? After 10 years of wage freezes/rollbacks I received my first increase since 2014 this year. On top of that the company RRSP program was suspended during this time so retirement saving has been 100% up to me and it's been hard when your wage is not increasing while everything else is. So I've fallen behind my original plan and with only a few years left until retirement I'll never make up for that. I guess that means either working longer or lowering expectations for what retirement will be.
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