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Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And today we’re exploring a great topic that we get questions all the time about, which is: when you’re starting as a new state employee, how do you choose between Plan 2 and Plan 3? Seth I’m so excited that we’re having…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And we’ve got a special guest here with us today. For our podcast we like to dive into topics that can help you budget better and save money. And today we have a great guest here with us to talk a little…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome to Fund Your Future with DRS. Today we’re talking about automating finances. And this is a great topic that applies to budgeting and just general personal finance. Good practices. Seth And kind of your life in general. What do you want to automate and what don’t you want to…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS and we are talking about the classic DCP, our Deferred Compensation Program. Seth Yeah, it’s probably one of the things that DRS is most known for. I think sometimes people think DCP and DRS are two different things because like decades ago…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And today we’re taking a couple of questions that we’ve received from audience members, and we always welcome questions from audience and listeners. You can email us your questions at to drs.podcasts@drs.wa.gov. So our first question today comes from Beverly, who had asked:…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS and today we’re looking at a few options for early retirement, specifically for Washington State employees. Yeah, and the sort of term that we get a lot of questions a lot about here at DRS which is separation… A separation date versus…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Okay. Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. And so today we’re talking about a little bit financial independence. This is kind of a topic that comes up a lot in the planning for retirement world. Seth It’s kind of what retirement is. You no longer need to work…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Seth All right. Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. Jenny, I’ve gotten a lot of feedback from listeners. Well, mostly my friends and family about that we need to plug our email address more often so people know to follow and contact us. So it’s: drs.podcasts@drs.wa.gov. Okay, got it…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Okay, Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. So, Seth, today we’re talking about saving, specifically saving for retirement. And what is that sort of magic number that you’re supposed to have that everyone asks, how much do I actually need to save for retirement? Seth Yeah, I was…

Episode transcript: [musical intro] Jenny Welcome back to Fund Your Future with DRS. This week we’re talking about debt reduction and kind of methods for being able to tackle debt. Obviously, a lot of Americans have debt. And so, it’s really… the first step is looking at what you owe. So, you can have all…