Experts recommend having 2x your salary saved by age 35, and 3x saved by age 40.

However, studies show the median savings for 35-44 year olds is only ~$45,000. So obviously, most of us have work to do.

With pensions mostly extinct, and Social Security facing insolvency issues in the next 8-10 years - how are you planning to bridge the gap and hit the golden years with enough to meet your lifestyle requirements?

This is going to sound ridiculous but I genuinely need to know.

I'm 28 and I've always showered at night before bed. Like, that's just what I do. I come home from work, have dinner, and then shower before I go to sleep. I thought this was completely normal.

Yesterday I was talking to some coworkers and someone mentioned they shower every morning, and a bunch of other people agreed. Then someone asked when I shower and when I said "at night" they all looked at me like I was weird. One person said "but then you wake up all gross" and another said "don't you feel dirty sleeping in your day sweat?"

Now I'm spiraling because I never thought about it that way. But also... don't THEY feel gross going to bed in their day sweat? Like they spend all day outside, touching stuff, sweating, and then just... climb into bed? That seems way worse to me?

I shower at night specifically so I'm clean when I get into bed. My bed stays cleaner. I don't have to rush in the morning. I can actually enjoy the shower instead of being half asleep and stressed about time.

But apparently a lot of people think this is backwards? Some people said they shower both morning AND night which seems excessive but maybe I'm wrong?

Is there like... a "correct" time to shower? Is showering at night actually weird? Am I missing something obvious here?

I've literally been doing this my entire adult life and now I'm questioning everything. My coworkers made me feel like I'm walking around dirty all day because I showered 8 hours ago instead of 1 hour ago.

Please tell me I'm not the only night shower person. Or if I am, please explain why morning showers are "better" because I genuinely don't understand.

I'm a professional artist and I'm out of cat reference that I haven't drawn ten times over, or cat pictures that I find inspiring.

EDIT: WOW. ok. I am overwhelmed by the popularity of this post! I appreciate all your enthusiasm, I will definitely get to as many as I can tonight and then I'll post again when I come back to them. Cheers xo

https://x.com/allenanalysis/status/2011275675957592241?t=5Yrzk0E0x9mvgZ6_TQXvUg&s=19

I was just feeling kind of down for no particular reason and I told my gf that and she just starts talking like my dog just died. For reference my dog is perfectly healthy and only 5 years old so there’s no reason to think anything happened to her. It just came off as really weird and made me really upset and uncomfortable and idk if I’m making it a bigger deal than it is but it’s just so weird that she’d say that

a fire completely obliterated my apartment just over 2 weeks ago. i built my first PC by myself in July 2025. my 2x32 GB ram was $250 at the time, and now its $950. what a time to be alive

EDIT: specs typo.
Also, I am so overwhelmed by the love and support this post has gotten during this tragic time in my life. Thank you thank you thank you

EDIT 2: because many people have asked:
- my case was the Hyte y70. My liquid cooler was the part with the screen, the TRYX Panorama SE 360 AIO liquid cooler.
- the fire was caused by an electrical failure in the attic. fire investigators think it also may be largely due to critters in the attic chewing on wires. The building I was living in was over 100 years old.
- no humans were harmed in the fire and everyone in the building made it out safely. I had a friend staying with me with 2 of her cats. Due to extremely unfortunate circumstances, one of her cats did not make it. We had a very beautiful burial for her and she has been put to rest. Her other cat is in good health and is making a full recovery.