Welcome to the early retirement show. If you are a long time listener, thank you. And if you are new to the show, as a reminder, this show is dedicated to helping you retire early, otherwise known as the show dedicated to helping you understand what you have to do to be in a position where you are financially free, where work is now optional. So whether you are a few years out from retirement and you just want to know everything to prepare

for that big date or you're new in your journey and you want to get a head start on maximizing

what you've worked so hard for throughout your life, this is the show for you.

So we discuss everything from investments to

taxes to insurance and everything that comes in between. So without further ado, let's go ahead and

hop into today's episode. So welcome back to the early retirement show and I'm imagining some of

you are confused going, Ari, is this the personal finance redefined

show, the show I've been listening to for a while?

And it is.

It just has a new name, the early retirement show, because I am now specializing in working

with people who hope to be in a position to retire early.

And so in order for me to help the most amount of people, just wanted to make that

shift in the title and that marketing, that branding perspective, but it is still the same show.

I will still answer all of the questions that come in. The majority of questions that do come in

that are submitted to my website, focus on this, which is why I wanted to retitle it.

So let's hop into today's episode, which is all about

the five things that you can do to best prepare for early retirement or really to be in a

position to retire early. So the first thing that I look at when we're looking at retirement early

and whether that makes sense is the traditional retirement age

is age 65. So that's commonly what's thought of as a standard retirement age. Some people,

and I would say most, they dream of retiring much earlier than that. So whether it's to pursue

passions outside of your career or simply to enjoy more time for travel or family,

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