By Mikael
As you might be aware this blog was intentionally created to help people that are looking for ways to retire early and retire rich to do just that. The ways to actually achieve this goal are many and I might even dare to say unlimited but even so there are just as many ways to avoid reaching that goal.
Unfortunately I find that many people are searching for ways on how to retire early because they are looking for ways to retire as fast as possible. They might be sick and tired of their jobs or they might have been in an argument with their boss or similar. Making rapid decisions and looking for quick fix solutions is almost never the best way to go and as far as I am concerned this apply to the early retirement situation as well.
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By Mikael
My last couple of posts has been focusing on the mindset of people and why I don’t get that so many people are actually heading towards as retirement that will leave them with a lower financial income per month than when they had a job even though they’ll have a lot more time to do fun stuff once retired.
But there are yet another side to retirement because one thing is to work all your life and retire when you are no longer able to (or allowed to) work anymore but another aspect is to plan to retire early and have even more time to enjoy your retirement period. More and more people are looking for ways to retire early but unfortunately it is still not something that the majority is able to do. Not even the ones that actually wanted to... Read more
By Mikael
Why is it that most people are planning to live all the years of their old age at a minimum instead of a maximum? Why are people planning (those that at least ARE planning) to live for a far smaller monthly income when it is time to retire after a long life of working from nine to five every single day? If you ask me it doesn’t make much sense and I get back to why I believe that people do it and it is not because they want to…
Most people live their live working a job, raising kids, buying a house and paying the mortgage on that house. For some people they might have a little extra to spend on traveling and vacations but for many that is not even an option. But if that is how your life is while you have a job and have that monthly inco... Read more