Gilbert's Research shows people from 18 to 68 underestimate how much they will change in the future, because of that they miss long term financial plans! What do you Think? Do you have any long term financial plans?
It depends on the person but this is very subjective.
1. The current lifestyle of people may affect their long term plans. Because they are only working from paycheck to paycheck, some are just forgetting long term goals and just think of them being healthy and can eat trice a day.
2. The current financial literacy of people can affect it as well. We know that people that don't have any financial literacy will not think of long term financial plans.
I've seen many people around me who are experiencing the 2 that I said above. That 2 can change the way people think of their long term financial plans. As for me, I consider myself lucky because there is the internet that helped me at least how to be financially literate and know how to think of long term financial plans. I just hope that many people will also think like that because it will help them as soon as they grow older.
Daniel Gilbert, in his study of human predictions and future plans, came up with the idea of how much people change between the ages of 18 and 6. His thinking changes as well as his financial planning.
@LogitechMouse, your two points are very reasonable. I want to talk lightly about these two points.
About 80% of the people in our society are employed and if they can get into their dream job then they think their life is set in many ways. Then, under the pressure of work, the plan that was in their head with the future financial plan faded away gradually. Then their main focus shifts to daily properly eating and staying well.
Gilbert pointed to the age between 18-and 68. 18 the journey begins on our way to maturity. And at this age, we have countless plans for our future. But in the last age, it has been seen that very little has been implemented.
Let's talk a little bit about your point number two.
Your point two is also reasonable. Because we have not yet made progress in educating all the people in our society. Yet a large part of the people is uneducated. It is rather normal that they do not have financial planning.
And without proper knowledge of financial literacy, they have no account in savings and investing, so they have to travel.
I don't have any future financial plans yet though. But as you said this is the age of the internet and we are lucky for that. As time goes on, I too will gradually learn the things I need for myself with the help of the internet which will help in my planning