<title>Learn about the scenarios you can try in your lifetime plan</title>
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<klink type="cncpt">Tell me about the scenarios I can try in my lifetime plan</klink>
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<p>The Financial Event Modeler offers more than 20 common scenarios that could affect your lifetime plan. After you select one and provide some details, you can see its impact on your long-term finances. The scenarios cover several financial issues:</p>
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<li><emph>Your bottom line.</emph> You can force your plan's bottom line to reach a certain level or to never fall below zero. (You can use the results of the Bottom Line scenarios to change your lifetime plan, although you can't undo the changes easily.)</li>
<li><emph>Employment.</emph> You can modify how long or when you (or your partner) work, or how much you earn.</li>
<li><emph>Economy.</emph> You can change your expectations about taxes, Social Security, or stock market returns.</li>
<li><emph>Family.</emph> Consider the impact of another child, care for other family members, unexpected death, or changes in college costs.</li>
<li><emph>Expenses and income.</emph> Change your living expenses, incorporate unusual income or losses, or look at paying off your mortgage sooner.</li>
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<p>Some scenarios let you adjust another part of your lifetime plan to make the event fit your goals. You can change:</p>
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<li>The retirement age of you or your partner.</li>
