Well, I hope this doesn't sound like a joke to you guys or some sort of cracked-up thread, but yeah, I mean to hear the opinion of others.
Some people, during their youthful years, live a very lavish lifestyle with the money that they are supposed to put to good use, knowing that one day they will grow old. Some people only think that it's when they are growing old, like at the age of 30 and above, that's when they must start to invest or save to invest.
Some people think that they can live a lavish lifestyle as long as they are still 20 years old, and maybe when they get to 25 years old, that's when they can start to invest for their future.
I quite think that there is a particular age at which one is supposed to have been living a comfortable lifestyle financially. That doesn't mean that someone who doesn't meet that age lives a lavish lifestyle. There's a parable that says, "All fingers are not equal." So, we understand that not everyone is able to meet up at the same time.
Although some people can experience financial breakthrough at different ages in life, some do so at 25, 30, 35, 40, and 50, respectively.
But in my opinion, I think that one is not still supposed to be in financial crisis at age 30–35. I mean, at age 30, one should be in a financial state where they can fend for themselves and their family if the person is married. The person is supposed to have had at least one or two financial sources that they can always see as reliable sources of income.
It's always wise and profitable to start saving and investing at a young age, like 18 years old.
At age of 18? Is that not too early to begin? What if the person is not from a wealthy family and cannot afford to begin investing? You mentioned that the earlier we make decisions about our futures, but we still need to have the money before that. I have seen a lot of people who did not make plans for their futures at an early age, and they constantly say that there is always a time, no matter how late it is, nothing can be done about it, even though many of them truly wanted to begin investing at a young age but were unable to do so. There are many reasons why some of us could not started earlier.
Not only investment, we need to save and have other things doing for our futures, it's better we should plan early in life because if we don't, we will regret it later. Given how difficult the economy has been lately, some people find it extremely difficult to save money at times, as not all fingers are created equal. However, we should have some savings that will help us in the future because the money we save now will eventually help us later. Some people simply don't think about saving money because if they have little, they will just keep spending it the way they like, thinking they will keep on earning forever. We need to maintain since we never know what the future holds.