Enjoy your life, no matter the economic situation. If you do, then you’ll always be winning. The key is to recognize reality and take appropriate action. The Fed hiked another another 0.25% on March 23, 2023 to 4.75% – 5%. Despite multiple consecutive lower-than-expected monthly CPI numbers, a blowing up of regional banks and Credit […]
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The first rule of financial independence is to not lose money. If you lose lots of money, you are ultimately losing valuable time. Losing time is the biggest financial mistake you can make because time is the most valuable asset. Now let me introduce the second rule of financial independence: never expect your income to
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Minimalism and early retirement go together like peanut butter and jelly. Each item compliments the other. Minimalism helps get you to early retirement sooner because you are lowering your cost structure. Early retirement makes you want to simplify life so you can remain retired and enjoy your time more efficiently. Since 2012, I’ve worked on
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Since 2012, I’ve been arguing that freedom is priceless. After giving up a healthy income and my career for more freedom, how could it not be? But maybe I’ve just been telling a lie to make myself feel better about not being richer! We lie to ourselves to help justify our decisions. Otherwise, we might
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Are you confusing your good fortune due to your own skill rather than due to luck? I’m here to argue that above average wealth is mostly due to luck. Therefore, stop deluding yourself into thinking you’re so great! As President Obama said in a July 13, 2012 campaign election speech, “If you’ve got a business,
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Contrary to popular belief, the ideal retirement age isn’t as soon as possible. Retire too soon and you may feel empty for never living up to your true work potential. Retire too late and you might always be left wondering what could have been if you had changed course sooner. For example, a 35-year-old couple
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Do you know what is really hard? Deciding to walk away from a whole lot of money in your prime. If you decide to retire early or take a lower-paying job out of joy, you must accept the death of your maximum money potential. Over the years, many readers looking to retire early or do
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There are some people who think that achieving financial independence before 60 is only for people with high incomes. I strongly disagree. You can still achieve financial independence sooner on a modest income. A modest income is defined as +/- 25% of the median household income in America, which is roughly $80,000. In other words,
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If you’re thinking about retiring early, let me share some of the surprising benefits of early retirement I never anticipated. I retired in 2012 at age 34 and haven’t had a day job since. I thought long and hard for a year about retiring early, trying to forecast all the various scenarios. In fact, I
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Early retirement sounds great and it is great for the most part. But there are negatives of early retirement life that also needs to be discussed. I retired early in 2012, at the age of 34 after a 13-year career in banking. But the years that followed felt unnatural, so I decided to keep busy
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