 And that's not an easy task. Everyone knows that. But if you can pinpoint it through a financial dashboard, you will know roughly what age you're looking at to work. When should you start Social Security? How are you investing money? How much money will you end up needing? Where will that money come from? Should you be buying a long-term care insurance policy? All these things. And if you want to really build a dashboard, go to a financial planner who knows how to do this stuff.