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I might was well have worked a little longer, though admittedly I wouldn’t have enjoyed it. Though I was about 2X FI WRT SWR when I retired at 57, DW worked longer than I (mistakenly) expected, and none of my friends retired anywhere near as early as I did - so no one to play with Mon thru Friday. No serious regrets but I might as well have worked a few more years, though admittedly I wouldn’t have enjoyed it. Hindsight is a wonderful thing…
This isn’t the best place to ask, it’s mostly an audience who (so far) have retired early successfully, so a little bias. Ask again in the midst of the next really serious market sell off and you may get different answers, at least from more recent retirees. The truth is few if any of us know if we’ve retired successfully financially until we reach end of plan. I see (grossly) premature claims of financial (retirement) success here often, I just hope readers making the decision to pull the trigger recognize same.
This isn’t the best place to ask, it’s mostly an audience who (so far) have retired early successfully, so a little bias. Ask again in the midst of the next really serious market sell off and you may get different answers, at least from more recent retirees. The truth is few if any of us know if we’ve retired successfully financially until we reach end of plan. I see (grossly) premature claims of financial (retirement) success here often, I just hope readers making the decision to pull the trigger recognize same.
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