<prompt> Human: My friend recently posted this link and suggested to start saving as soon as possible in order to get the most money out of retirement. I entirely disagree that its possible to both have 1,000 savings at the age of 18-22 without the financial aid of parents or grandparents, and investing any amount of savings from a minimum wage job, since a minimum wage job is barely liveable as it is at 15,000 a year. when youre poor, all your savings go to repairing and replacing the cheap stuff you have to buy since you cant buy all the brand new functioning shoes and cars.is it really possible to have 1 million dollars by the time you retire at 65? I believe its wishful thinking.  <response>: The math examples they give are solid but require sacrifices now in order for them to work. If you were to take on a second job or dramatically reduce your spending now you could get that 1000 in savings for retirement, but it would be difficult. The advice is sound but it doesnt go into the details of how practical it is for sure. 