Set for Life Book Question

[Jared Baker]

I have been reading @Scott Trench book Set for Life and a question occurred to me while reading that I am hoping to get some insight to.  It says that the first priority after paying off all bad debt is to accumulate $25,000, or a years worth of living expenses.  Based on the reading this book is focused towards someone like me, just graduated from college, beginning my first job making about $50,000.  Now my question is, should I be putting money into some sort of retirement account like a 401K?  I ask this because it does not mention anything about retirement accounts, at least as far as I have read, and if I did put money into a 401K it will take about 4-5 years to save that much with my current living expense, (the largest parts being rent, insurance, and transportation, as mentioned in the book)

Thoughts on this would be great.

[Justine Scheuher]

Hey @Jared Baker!  I just read Set for Life as well. Keep reading and it will give you more insight. At the end of the book there is an Appendix w/ info on Retirement Accounts and more details pg. 223. Check it out. 
Seriously consider house hacking--it cuts down on a huge chunk of your living expense. I have 2 roommates that live in my house and only pay $280/m in "rent." If I would have know about BP sooner, I would have bought a house where I could live for free. I used an FHA loan (3.5% down), made it really easy to find a good house in a good area.