When I first started writing about achieving financial independence in 2009, I never thought the FIRE movement would reach such a huge level of interest today. After all, only weirdos decide to aggressively forgo material pleasures, save 50% or more of their incomes, and retire from well-paying jobs in their 20s, 30s and 40s. Thanks to […]
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So you’re sick of retirement life and want a job. It might not be so easy finding one as your success depends on the length of time you’ve been away, whether you’ve maintained your contacts, and if you still have up to date job skills. The later you retire in life, the harder it is
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The Setting Every Community Up For Retirement (SECURE) Act recently passed and it will go into effect for all Americans in 2020. There is now the SECURE Act 2.0 for retirees to consider This article goes through the retirement benefit changes for the original SECURE Act. The goal of the SECURE Act is to make
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Each year, information is gathered on the average retirement account balances in 401(K), IRA, and 403(B) accounts. Fidelity, one of the largest retirement plan administrators in America, released a retirement survey that revealed the following interesting information for 2021. The average 401(k) balance rose to $110,000, a 7% increase from $103,700 in Q1 2019. The
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I have a guest post from one of my fellow blogger, Joe from Retire by 40. Joe is good guy who also happily does his own thing. I’ve known Joe for about 14 years and we live quite similar lives. The main difference is that he was able to convince his wife to continue working
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Do you want to retire early with kids? I’m sorry, but it is nearly an impossible task. As a father of two children now, I look back and feel like retiring early without kids was a walk in the park in comparison. Retiring early with kids is at least three times harder than retiring without
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I delayed writing this post for a while partly because I didn’t want to recognize the formal end of my 10-year journey writing on Financial Samurai. I was also waiting for some divine inspiration to figure out what’s next. From 2018 – 2019, several potential acquirers contacted me about selling Financial Samurai. I thanked them
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How do you figure out the best way to save and invest for retirement is one of those questions that has so many different answers. But, it’s also true that some answers are better than others. For example, shoving your money under your mattress probably isn’t a good way given it might get stolen or
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The Risk Of Being Unhirable After Retiring Early Is Overblown
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The #1 benefit of retiring early is better health. I didn’t really expect this until I retired early myself and experienced much improved health. Right before I left work in 2012, I was starting to sprout grey hairs. I thought uh oh, the dam had finally broken and all my grey hairs would start coming
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