{"id":2799,"date":"2020-02-06T09:20:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T15:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.textor.ca\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2020-02-06T09:20:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T15:20:43","slug":"nailed-it-on-why-how-i-retired-at-35-stories-are-extremely-irritating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.textor.ca\/nailed-it-on-why-how-i-retired-at-35-stories-are-extremely-irritating\/","title":{"rendered":"Nailed it: On why \u201cHow I retired at 35\u201d stories are extremely irritating&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7bfja\" data-offset-key=\"2qaag-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2qaag-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2qaag-0-0\">\u201cAll of these early retirement articles are the same. They all say things like, \u201cMake it a goal\u201d, \u201cTrack your expenses\u201d, \u201cEstablish a system.\u201d Blah. Blah. Blah. But none of these things are the actual reason for how they retired early. Because the actual reason is either (1) earning a high income or (2) having an absurdly low level of spending, or both.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7bfja\" data-offset-key=\"djem9-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"djem9-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"djem9-0-0\">&#8230;.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7bfja\" data-offset-key=\"e7q05-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"e7q05-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"e7q05-0-0\">As a public service, the article includes more realistic headlines for retiring early, \u201cWanna retire at 27? Marry rich\u201d and \u201cForegoing Procreation, Living Like a Hermit, and 4 Other Ways to Retire in Your 30s\u201d.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7bfja\" data-offset-key=\"d976r-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"d976r-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"d976r-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"7bfja\" data-offset-key=\"e4okk-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"e4okk-0-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/investment-ideas\/article-the-biggest-lie-in-personal-finance-dividend-growth-and-etfs-and-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-offset-key=\"e4okk-0-0\">https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/investment-ideas\/article-the-biggest-lie-in-personal-finance-dividend-growth-and-etfs-and-a\/<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAll of these early retirement articles are the same. They all say things like, \u201cMake it a goal\u201d, \u201cTrack your expenses\u201d, \u201cEstablish a system.\u201d Blah. Blah. Blah. But none of these things are the actual reason for how they retired early. 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