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01-14-2017, 01:06 AM
Future-focused: More young adults have five-year plans than you might think
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Todays twenty-somethings are more tuned into future-planning than many people think. What’s confounding to older generations (and especially their parents) tends to be that their future-focused priorities are simply unconventional: Rather than investing in a home or purchasing sedans, for example, millennials are increasingly allocating their savings toward experiential ventures (http://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleystahl/2016/11/15/how-millennials-spend-their-money-hint-experiences-trump-possessions/#613940d02406) — such as dining, travel, pricey gym memberships, starting their own businesses and lifelong learning opportunities Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/01/13/millennial-five-year-plans/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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