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. Welcome back to the early retirement podcast.

Today's episode is a super fun one where I walk through exactly why I went into retirement planning,

specifically early retirement.

And what I'm going to do in today's episode is walk you through the thinking behind why I chose

this and exactly a few tips that you should follow if you do want to retire early, which,

as you all know, if you've been listening for a long time, that it just really means financial freedom. When are you in a position where work is now optional? Where if you enjoy going to work, great, keep doing it. But if you don't enjoy going to work, well, when are you in a position where you no longer have to, where you are only working, not because there's a financial need, but because you enjoy it. And so that's what we're going

to be walking through in today's episode. But first, all of those who have been leaving reviews,

thank you so much. Please continue to do so. That is how more people find the show. I do appreciate that.

If you're on Apple Podcast, you can go ahead and click five stars as well if you have been enjoying it.

And then lastly, thank you to all of those who have been supporting the YouTube channel. I had a video get more than 5,000 views recently, which is really exciting as more people are leaving comments

and retirement and specifically early retirement is spreading that concept.

And that's what I want to do because the last thing I want is for someone to be working,

hating their job, sacrificing their health, and sacrificing what I think is even more important,

well, I don't know about more important than health, but more important meaning their time.

What if they could do more with their family and they're just not because they don't have

a plan or they're just stressed out about retirement?

They don't know, hey, what are the logistics of that when it comes to filing Social Security, when it comes to actually moving over a pension? Like, how do I do that? But then also, what is the best optimal strategy for my situation? So that is what we're going to be walking through in today's episode. And it's a fun one. And so I want to

start with my story. And I'll even preface that by saying if there's another topic specifically with

investments or what are the five main things to retire, I have topics. I have podcast episodes. I have videos

on YouTube on all of that. Today is really going to be just more about me and why I think about

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