An Epic Fail at Early Retirement Story

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I share a lot of success stories here at Physician on FIRE. I feel that mine is one of them, even if I’m only partially retired.

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Not every FIRE story has a happy ending, though. Mixed results abound. One of the original FIRE bloggers out there, whose unmonetized blog still has dozens of well-written, deeply personal posts cataloguing his journey, issued an update in 2021 shared a harsh reality.

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Things had not gone as planned. Joe Udo shares his take along with a link to the original article upon this post is based. This Friday Feature from Mr. Udo was originally published on Retire by 40.

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Have you seen this post at Living a FI – The 2021 Early Retirement Update? This post was the best post about the FIRE movement I’ve read in years.

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LAF and his ex-wife retired at the same time. She was enthusiastic about early retirement and liked the leisurely lifestyle…at first. After a few years, she became discontented and felt abnormal.

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Retiring to an adventurous and leisurely lifestyle sounds awesome … until you live through it for several years. I think LAF and his ex were too young for this kind of leisurely lifestyle.

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LAF’s experience also shows that lean FIRE might not work for every situation. Lean FIRE is when you retire with just enough to get by.

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