What I’ve Learned After 4 Years of Early Retirement

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It turns out that he and his wife had spent quite a bit of time in the picturesque nation

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I learned that the couple had actually spent a lot of time in a lot of places, and they’ve been doing the FIRE thing for four years now.

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I had the pleasure of meeting the Man and his lovely wife quite recently at FinCon and I hope our paths cross again in the future.

What I’ve Learned After Four Years of Early Retirement

Today, I am sitting at a cafe in Prague. I woke up a few hours ago without an alarm, grabbed my half-naked wife and kissed her, as I do every morning.

I usually write in my journal as part of my morning routine. But not today. Not because I was rushed or had more important things to do.

I can tell you exactly how I got here. In fact, I can pinpoint the day I discovered the concept of financial independence.

I didn’t discover the FIRE movement until I was a couple years into early retirement. But I had doggedly pursued the first half of the acronym (FI) since that day in ’03.

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