Nobody likes to wait in line at the Department of MotorVehicles.

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But, shockingly, reviewing and updating their retirement plans is an even less popularactivity with employees, more than a third of whom would prefer tohit the DMV than to go over plan options.

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And that’s even if they’ve had a major life-changing event thathit them in the wallet, according to a survey from Voya Financial Inc.

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The survey found that, despite 53 percent of respondents sayingthey’d experienced such an event, 80 percent of respondents overallsaid they hadn’t set aside time to review or revise theirretirement plan in the previous year and 63 percent admitted tospending either too little time or no time at all in makingdecisions regarding the retirement plan process.

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And when it comes to retirement planning, procrastinatorsabound, with 26 percent admitting they’d stall longer on aretirement plan decision than they would for preparing to speak inpublic (23 percent), studying for an important exam (17 percent) orresearching a personal loan (17 percent).

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Related: Retirement plan participation depends onindustry, hours worked

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Instead, more than twice as many respondents admitted that inthe last year they reviewed or made adjustments to their phone,cable and/or internet service (43 percent) or social media accountprofiles (43 percent—but 63 percent of millennials) than they didwith their retirement plans (20 percent—but 17 percent ofmillennials).

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And 37 percent said they would rather (that’s rather,mind you) spend their time waiting in line at the DMV rather thanresearching or reviewing their retirement plan options.

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Neither age nor gender had much of an effect on how much timepeople spent on their retirement plans; slightly more men (22percent) have reviewed or revised their retirement plans within thepast year, compared with 18 percent of women.

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In addition, men and women were equally as likely to delaymaking retirement decisions, due to the amount of thought required.Similarly, they are equally inclined to feel they spend too littleor no time at all making retirement decisions (63 percent).

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Nearly as many boomers (26 percent) as millennials (30 percent)said they would postpone making retirement decisions longer thanthey would other activities, while a slightly higher percentage (43percent) of GenXers said they’d rather wait at the DMV thanresearch or review their retirement plans; 34 percent ofmillennials chose the DMV, as did 35 percent of boomers.

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