Early Retirement Extreme

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Stranger in a strange land

Published in January 12th, 2008

Posted by Jacob in consumerism, debt, financial independence, job, mortgage, personal finance, rat race, standard of living

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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Get a student loan. Get a college education. Get a mortgage and become a home owner. Have a career. Put 15% of your income in a 401k/IRA for 35 years. Plan to retire at 60… any of this sound [...]

Why financial independence part I - Early motivations

Published in December 4th, 2007

Posted by Jacob in job, mortgage, saving

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I became financially independent and was able to retire when I was 31. As far as I know 31 makes me somewhat of an outlier. When I look at early retirement profiles, the earliest retirees are typically in their late 30s, but the norm for early retirement seems to late 40s or early 50s.
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