Does your pension have a COLA? (few do) If not, keep in mind that if you are 65 now, at age 83 with 2.2 % (conservative estimate) inflation you will need $7,500 to buy with $5,000 buys today.
Do you know someone who is good with spreadsheets, or can you make a spreadsheet? Its not that hard (if the know how is there) to make a sheet projecting your annual income and assets into the future. It won't be a "perfeft predictor" but you can input things like what you think inflation will be, and what you think your investments will average to see where you may be.
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