Early Retirement Extreme

Even before starting My Money Design over two years ago, I was on what seems to be a never ending quest to find the secret to achieving true financial freedom or great key to early retirement planning.  How is it that people my age, perhaps younger or older, are able to quit their jobs if they want and still maintain thriving lifestyles? I’d love to tell you that after all this time that I have all the answers.  That there was some kind of easy solution or magic bullet.  However, I’m still a long ways out and seem to have a lot further to go.  The path to get there has been more of a puzzle than I originally thought.  Each piece containing it’s own unique challenges and scarifies. Here are my observations on the various paths that … [Read more...] about There Are No Shortcuts to Early Retirement Planning