Jul

30

Retire at 55 – Tip #1 – Start NOW

By Mikael

If you read my post yesterday you will know that I will be writing a small series of things that you can do and things that you should be aware of in order to increase your chances of being able to retire early. There are a lot of points that I am going to share with you but I have found that the best and easiest solution is to put everything into small pieces as it increases the chances of you actually doing some of them. Now before I start let me just say that I do not have the solutions to everything and that the ideas I am going to share with you are MY views and ideas and if you disagree I will only welcome it. Please let me know why you think differently in the comments below. Age Is Important It is probably obvious but if you want ... Read more

Jul

29

Benefits of Retiring at 55 or Sooner

By Mikael

A couple of months ago I wrote a little piece about being able to retire at 55 and a lot of people have been coming by that post but not that many have commented on it. I guess one of the reasons is that the post was more of a statement than a question or a solution for early retirement. As I would really like to help people that are looking for a way out of their job before the age of 65 (or 63 depending on the country you live in), I am planning to do a series of small posts with advice that can help you not only decide if you want to retire earlier than most people but also how you can make it a reality if you put your mind to it (along with some genuine efforts). But before I go into these concrete steps I would like to look at a few of... Read more

Jul

8

When Are People Most Likely To Retire?

By Mikael

Since this blog is about wanting to retire early and rich I am naturally doing some market research to find out what is driving people to search for ways or solutions to stop working on their job. Within the last 12 month (if I am not mistaken) Google has grown a lot smarter and are now helping us search based on what other people have searched for. Because of this we can see at what age people want to retire. Not when they are actually going to achieve it but just what they are searching for. So as you can see from this picture people have goals and wishes of wanting to retire with 5 year intervals (except for the magic number of 21 and the normal retiree age of 62 and 65). What this tells us is that many young people are full of hope an... Read more