Still hard for me to wrap my head around a million dollars not really being that much money anymore. That article suggests $1.9 mil to retire comfortably. Even on the low end $1.2 mil.. there's just little chance most of us getting anywhere close to that without prudent and dare say lucky investing over a long period of time. Which is not very realistic with so many of us living paycheck to paycheck.
With rising inflation that number will likely be much much higher too. So with social security, a 401k and some savings its no wonder why more and more seniors are still finding themselves never really able to fully retire, even when they do most everything by the book. Always working part time jobs at the very least to make it all work.
I've gotten to the age where I don't think savings alone will cut it. Think its best to invest intelligently and hope for the best.