A very warm welcome to the early retirement show, the show dedicated to helping you navigate

the nuances of an early retirement, a non-traditional retirement. Now let's get right into the episode

so we can learn how to retire early. Hello everybody and welcome back to the early retirement

podcast. Once again, I am your host Ari Taoblieb, and I help people

retire early. And that is exactly what we're going to be talking about today. How do you retire early?

And by retire early, when I say that, for most people, they're going, Ari, what are you talking

about when in terms of early retirement? Is there a specific age? And there is, when people think of an

early retirement, they tend to think of

between 50 and 65. So not an exact number, but if traditional retirement is age 65, well, between age 50 and

65 will often be known as that early retirement age, but it can really still be in your early 40s.

It can be your later 40s. There's really not an

exact science to it. I created this podcast because I want people to know when they are in a

position where work is now optional, where if you love doing what you do, great, keep doing it.

I'm not saying stop, but if you don't love doing what you do, well, then maybe we should consider

switching careers or should we consider

retiring, which sometimes can have a negative connotation to it, but it doesn't have to be.

Retiring doesn't have to be this really scary new phase of life. It can be a, wow, I can

really do whatever it is I want with my time and it's going to feel weird, especially if you've worked

for 20, 30, 40 plus years. And it's supposed to feel weird. If it didn't, I would be more concerned.

So that is what we're going to be talking about today. Specifically, when you do retire,

where do you pull income from? Especially with an early retirement, there are additional considerations

because if you want to retire,

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