Originally Posted By: Astro14
It's realistic if you're on track for retirement savings.
If you don't have it, and you're living paycheck to paycheck, dial back your spending so that you can put away 3 - 6 months of savings. You need that cushion for unexpected events. It's part of a complete financial plan.
What's with your sudden obsession over income, savings, and retirement?
You're starting a lot of threads asking basic questions. You should seriously consider getting a financial advisor. This is precisely the kind of thing for them to guide you through.
If you're just discovering that you should have 3-6 months of savings, and that you should be putting away 15% of your salary for retirement, and all the other basic elements of financial planning, then instead of polling a site focused on oil, get real, professional advice.
It is to get people talking and to see what people think and what they do.
And this was posted in the General/Off Topic area....