31 May Early retirement costs & targets
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29 May My early retirement – Five wins and five mistakes
Coming towards the end of my seventh year of early retirement, I thought I'd reflect on some things that have gone well, and some areas that could perhaps have gone better. Five wins1. Less stress. This was the most immediate benefit when I retired. I...
28 May Retiring abroad – the good, the bad, and why I did it
I retired abroad. It's not something that many people do, but it might be something that lots of people dream of. In this post, I'll look at some of the reasons why retiring to a new country might be tempting and talk a little more...
21 May Early retirement costs & targets
I record and track my spending for the following reasons:I used to be an accountant, so it's in my genesTo ensure our life is affordable, both for now and perhaps another fifty yearsIt helps me be more conscientious in my spendingI worked hard to earn...
19 May Can the Blue Zones model improve my early retirement?
I've just watched the documentary series, Live to 100 - Secrets of the Blue Zones, in which Dan Buettner scours the world for places where people live much longer than average. He comes up with a diverse list:Okinawa, JapanSardinia, ItalyIkaria, GreeceNicoya, Costa RicaLoma Linda, CaliforniaHaving...
08 May Retirement is good, but is it time to make some changes?
Can some changes make retirement life even better?Even when early retirement is great, it still makes sense to pause for a moment and see if some tweaks could be useful.That's the case for me now. I retired seven years ago, when I was forty-seven, and...
08 May Early retirement costs & targets
In last week's post, I pondered adopting a more relaxed attitude to my routines and targets. Today, I'll put that to the test because, with just three of the year left, it's not long before I make my final check of how I did against...
08 May Not the early retirement post I intended
My intention for today's post was to discuss the transition from being a saver while working and earning a salary to being a spender in retirement. That was the plan, but instead, I decided to go skiing. That's what I call a good early retirement...
08 May An early retirement update
At the end of last year, I questioned whether to continue with my blog. After seven years and 320 posts, surely I'd covered pretty much all I had to say about financial independence and retiring early. I still think that's true which is why, over...
08 May Introduction
I retired young, and so far it's been great.I was 47 years old, had fallen out of love with my job, so I quit. That was a scary decision - I didn't know how much it would cost to live or what I would do...