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I understand that the current guidance is to start the process officially 24 months out by attending a briefing. However, is there any harm in starting to get your ducks in a row earlier than that? For example, attaining professional certifications, looking at various career paths, and constructing your resume (which will obviously change over time)? Is there such a thing as adopting the retirement mindset too early?
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There is never a "too early" mindset when planning for retirement. I'm over 3 years out from being able to retire and I'm already plotting my retirement.
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There is a difference between being prepared for retirement and dropping your pack. As long as you are still getting the job done it's always god to be looking forward and thinking ahead. I would recommend doing everything you can to soak up as much as possible before you retire. Grab up any class, course or cert you can that will be applicable to where you are going post military. That also includes burning up some TA while you are still on active duty before you get too close to ETS that they stop letting you use TA. Just understand that there will be limitations to what they may let you do during business hours if you are more than 24 months out.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
Well said. That's where I was headed. If you let it diminish your performance in your current profession...you are harming your retirement position.
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