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Ramsey Everyday Millionaires

How Much Should I Invest If I’m Self-Employed?

Ramsey Everyday Millionaires

Ramsey Network

Careers, Business, Investing

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0

This episode is brought to you by SmartVestor.

0:07.0

Connect with an investing pro near you at Ramsey Solutions.com slash SmartVester.

0:13.0

Let's go to Manchester, New Hampshire and talk to Terry.

0:17.0

What's up, Terry?

0:18.0

Hi. Thanks for taking my call.

0:20.0

Of course. Thanks for calling. What's up? So I'm just looking for a little bit of advice. I'm 60 years old. I just ended a career in which I'm receiving a pension. And I've started a second career, which I'm hoping to work for about the next 10 years. And I'm just wanting to make sure I'm on the right track as far as what I should be investing over the next 10 years. Very cool. What's your new side hustle? I mean, it's not even a side hustle. What's your new career? Yeah, I'm consulting. Excellent. I started in LLC. I'm debt-free except for my house. I only owe about 60 on my house.

0:55.0

But all I have right now is that pension.

0:57.0

It's about 47,000 a year.

0:59.0

And I know that's not going to be enough.

1:01.0

And I'll tell you I don't have anything else because of a couple of things.

1:05.0

First, I just found you guys a few years ago.

1:07.0

But I also have a special needs adult fund.

1:10.0

So throughout, he's in a 30, so throughout

1:12.9

the years, when, you know, things come up and every time I think I have a little bit of money

1:17.1

to set aside, something comes up, right? So then I have to spend, or I do spend. So here I am,

1:23.3

and I'm getting a little worried because, you know, he continues to have needs, but I just want to make

1:28.3

sure I'm on the right track.

1:29.3

So I have a 47,000 pension.

1:32.3

My growth income is about 130 to 150 a year.

1:36.4

I have expenses from my business of about 30K, I'd say, and I'm just trying to figure out how

1:43.4

much do I put aside, how much do I try to invest

1:45.6

between now and then to feel like comfortable I feel like it should be like my goal should be

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