Every week, if not every day, a similar question comes into my feed. Words may be different but the tone is almost always: I am ___ years old. I wish to retire at ____. How much money do I require to live independently? Unfortunately, every case is different. There are many parameters and hence there is no one single answer. The factors that affect are: What are your current expenses not including any debt/loan repayments? Are there any loans that are being serviced? (Here you said that the home is loan-free but what about other loans? A car loan is very common at the age of 45.) How many children do you have? What are their ages? (The cost of raising a single child can be high. As per Robert Kiyosaki, a family is “a liability”.) Do you support your elder parents/parents-in-law in any way? What kind of lifestyle do you follow? If you look at the chart below, I have tried to capture all kinds of expenses - daily, monthly and annual. Expenses You must look at your daily, monthly and ...