<prompt> Human: I keep seeing posts and tweets about what financial experts recommend, and they always make me feel terrible about what Ive been able to do. Todays nugget was that its recommended that you have double your salary saved by the time youre 35. I wont get close to that.I turn 32 in two weeks. I was part of a company-wide layoff in November, and had three months severance. Ive been trying to find full-time work, but all I seem to be attracting are freelance positions. Im currently working two freelance jobs, but not making enough to pay rent and bills with just that income I live in Los Angeles. Unemployment insurance helps with the difference.My salary before my layoff was 73,000, but I was overpaid for my position. Im probably looking at about 60,000 at whatever full-time job I eventually find. I have 18,000 in checkingsavings and 35,000 in my 401k. I dont have kids, dont plan on ever having kids, I wont be buying a house, and the car I bought a few years ago is almost paid off. Ill probably need to dip into my savings a bit to help pay rent if I dont find a full-time job soon. Is this as far below where I should be as all these posts imply?  <response>: Take a lower paid job, then you dont need as much saved to achieve your 2x salary at 35yo goal.In all seriousness, you are fine, you are actually in a much better position than the majority of people. Find a new job - continue as before. 