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It would be more interesting to me to see articles on people that retired in their 30s several decades ago, with the same kind of inflation adjusted nest eggs, through up and down markets, and a smattering of life's ups and downs - kids, college, divorce, braces, illness - and see how they are doing now and what if anything they learned in hindsight.
I was thinking the same thing. However, I wonder if this early retirement extreme (retiring in your 30's or early 40's) from a working class background is more of a phenomenon of the last 15-20 years and as such, only has limited data. However, there seems to be quite a number of blog by people that retired early extreme. Most of the ones I've read, handled the 2008 market meltdown well and have managed with young kids fine but haven't encountered issues such as divorce or serious illness.