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Three different definitions of retirement and the resulting confusion

Published in October 14th, 2019
Posted by in Early Retirement
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People have different definitions of retirement and I find that it often depends on how old they are. Being the figurehead here and also by virtue of being retired (in one of the definitions) I usually have to face the resulting confusion. Retired is what follows after you’re no longer capable of work. Let me […]

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When To Retire? – Try Age 35

Published in October 14th, 2019
Posted by in Early Retirement, Strategy
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This guest post is from Todd Tresidder who retired at age 35… 13 years ago. He wrote a book teaching you when to retire and publishes the web site FinancialMentor.Com providing various retirement planning tools including articles and calculators. I retired at age 35 (I’m now 48) and learned a few lessons along the way. […]

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Stranger in a strange land

Published in October 13th, 2019
Posted by in Early Retirement, Philosophy, Work
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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 familiar? That’s because it is the standard recipe for a “successful” life in middle class America. […]

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