Income goals and the actions and decisions necessary to achieve those goals.
Retirement planning is a process of setting retirement income goals and taking all the possible actions and making decisions, which are essential to achieve those retirement goals. Retirement planning includes evaluating sources of income, estimating expenses, and setting up an investment plan or savings plan to achieve the retirement goals by managing the risks and assets.
When you start earning, retirement planning is not an immediate concern. It may be reasonably easy to put it off till a later time in life. Nonetheless, you must remember that it is always in your best interest to be prepared. There may be many life events that are out of control, but the least you can do is prepare for them in financial terms. The same is true for retirement planning.