My Retirement Blog

Category: early retirement

  • Buying a New Life: How Much Do I Need to Retire?

    If you’re not counting down the days until you can retire, you’re surely counting down the dollars. Most people spend the majority of their working lives stacking one dollar atop the next, hoping that their efforts will one day guarantee them a stable future in which they do not have to wake up before 10…

  • Can Investing be the Key to an Early Retirement?

    An early retirement is something that we all crave. Saving for an early retirement, however, is much harder than you’d originally imagine and with the cost of living rising, it is becoming harder than ever to secure an early retirement that will see you through the rest of your life. For this reason, many people…

  • Early Retirement and Social Security

    I probably don’t have to worry about early retirement since I am way behind on my retirement savings but for those of you who are considering early retirement and planning on collecting Social Security there are several things to consider. Millions of Americans are coming up on their long-awaited break from the workforce. With the…

  • Book Review: Work Less, Live More

    Work Less, Live More: The Way to Semi-Retirement The subtitle of this book is, “The Way to Semi-Retirement” although I read an earlier edition which was subtitled, “The New Way to Retire Early.” From reading the editorial reviews it appears the second edition contains more information for late bloomers and more about health care but…