Wow. I’m 34 and have half my working life behind me

Alex Ellie
6 min readApr 30, 2019

I was daydreaming at my office desk when it suddenly popped into my head that with under 10 years until we retire, I’m more than half way through my working life.

I’m 34 years old, and hope to retire by my 44th birthday.

I started working at the very end of 2006 (close enough to round it up to 2007). That means I’ve now been working full time for 12…

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Alex Ellie

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