#1 Make sure your income is as high as possible

This can be the easiest way in which the check you will receive from Social Security is going to be bigger than otherwise. After all, the amount you are going to get from them is going to be in part based on how much you have earned throughout your life. This meant that by getting paid more, you would end up getting bigger checks when you retired. Depending on what your job is, this can prove to be an easier or harder feat than it presents itself.

Some of the ways in which you can increase your income and paycheck are to focus on getting pay raises on a regular basis (as showing you are valuable to your workplace is going to translate into bigger pay if you know how to present that to your employer) and even to consider changing jobs if you have been stuck in the same position with the same pay when you know you can get a better paycheck somewhere else.

Another way would be to consider changing career paths if you do not have any more professional prospects and would like to do so. After all, getting some more schooling and joining another line of work could both bring you more personal satisfaction and increase your Social Security check down the line!