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      <image:title>LEOFF 2 pension formula infographic</image:title>
      <image:caption>Infographic explaining the LEOFF 2 pension formula: service credit, final average salary, and the 2% multiplier.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>LEOFF 2 eligibility milestones infographic</image:title>
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      <image:title>What drives your LEOFF 2 pension</image:title>
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      <image:title>Early retirement bridge years timeline</image:title>
      <image:caption>Timeline infographic showing the financial bridge from retirement at 53 through Medicare at 65 and Social Security at 67.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Strong early retirement bridge plan checklist</image:title>
      <image:caption>Checklist infographic showing essential expenses, healthcare planning, bridge assets, and Social Security timing.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Survivor option income tradeoff</image:title>
      <image:caption>Infographic showing the survivor option tradeoff between current pension income and survivor protection.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Survivor option income continuity</image:title>
      <image:caption>Infographic showing household income continuity before and after the retiree dies.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Survivor option decision checklist</image:title>
      <image:caption>Checklist infographic for choosing a survivor pension option based on household resilience.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Retirement scenario comparison cards</image:title>
      <image:caption>Infographic showing three retirement scenarios compared by timing, margin, downside, and tradeoff.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Four retirement scenario comparison signals</image:title>
      <image:caption>Infographic showing retirement timing, readiness margin, downside durability, and tradeoff cost.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Retirement scenario set checklist</image:title>
      <image:caption>Checklist infographic for building a useful retirement scenario set.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Retirement withdrawal order sequence</image:title>
      <image:caption>Infographic showing a retirement withdrawal sequence through bridge years while preserving later flexibility.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Retirement account buckets matched to withdrawal jobs</image:title>
      <image:caption>Infographic showing how cash, taxable, tax-deferred, and Roth accounts solve different withdrawal planning jobs.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Withdrawal order planning checklist</image:title>
      <image:caption>Checklist infographic for testing annual gaps, bridge years, tax impact, and late-life reserves.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>When to get professional financial help</image:title>
      <image:caption>Infographic showing when DIY retirement planning may need professional help for taxes, portfolio risk, and retirement timing.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>CPA vs fiduciary retirement planning roles</image:title>
      <image:caption>Comparison infographic showing how CPAs and fiduciary financial professionals support different retirement-planning decisions.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Financial professional vetting checklist</image:title>
      <image:caption>Checklist infographic showing questions to ask before hiring a financial professional.</image:caption>
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