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Early retirement advice

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  • ermine
    ermine Posts: 757 Forumite
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    Live below your means. Starting at 23 is good - most people's lifestyle inflation starts in their mid twenties and the damage is done by the time they're 35 because you get used to a certain standard of living.

    Anecdotally, by observation of early retirees who retired from my workplace in their 50s, not having children makes this a LOT easier and lot more likely ;)
  • atush
    atush Posts: 18,731 Forumite
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    Or like me you could get married late, and have twins. total budget bomb.
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