Early retirement has spawned a subset of personal finance blogging. Those who write on the topic call it the FIRE movement, i.e., “Financial Independence/Retire Early.”
Their readers tend to be younger, but it’s also possible to construe “early” as earlier than you thought, as in “maybe you won’t have to work until you drop dead.”
Understand: Not everyone wants to retire early. Some of us like what we do so much that we can’t quite imagine ourselves not doing it. That said, some people who love what they do would like the option of changing the way they do it.
Members of both groups should be interested in “You Can Retire Early!: Everything You Need to Achieve Financial Independence When You Want It.” And one of you will get this book for free, because I’m giving away a copy.
The author, Deacon Hayes, runs the Well Kept Wallet blog and podcast. His new book covers topics like:
- Developing a personalized plan for a retirement that works for you
- Maximizing income
- Reducing debt and understanding opportunity cost
- Figuring out the best investment vehicles
- Staying the course
Early retirement means something different to every reader. In fact, some might not even stop working but will instead continue to work in a different way: new job, new job in an entirely different field, entrepreneurship or, yeah, never working again but rather spending your days doing the things you want to do.
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Pondering early retirement right now so a very timely topic!
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