True, and they are all doing it better than most Americans.
I read that article and though those people are not retired early according to MMM-circles, I was very glad to see that the article had valid advice. Apply that valid advice early in life and retire earlier. Most articles like that one are terrible, so nice to see something different.
Lots of good advice though - live on 50% of your income, side hustles, don't sell investments in a panic, be willing to move, etc.
Yeah, I agree-- I don't think any of the advice in the article was antimustachian. I think we've got to be careful to avoid elitism, as badass as it feels to be mustachian-- Anyone at any age can benefit from less consumption, lower costs, moving to areas with low cost of living, etc. If the same people had done the same things 20 years earlier, they'd be badasses. They're no less deserving of praise for having figured it out a bit later.
After spending the last few years doing my best to conform to mustachianism, I chuckled to myself today when I saw the following CNN article entitled: 'How I Retired Earlier'. If you check the retirement ages, I think the winner comes in at 49 years old, although the majority are close to 60. Not necessarily antimustachian, but not particularly uber mustachian either. http://money.cnn.com/gallery/retirement/2013/10/30/early-retirement.moneymag/index.html
Quote from: LDoon on November 04, 2013, 07:51:39 PMI read that article and though those people are not retired early according to MMM-circles, I was very glad to see that the article had valid advice. Apply that valid advice early in life and retire earlier. Most articles like that one are terrible, so nice to see something different.Yeah, I agree-- I don't think any of the advice in the article was antimustachian. I think we've got to be careful to avoid elitism, as badass as it feels to be mustachian-- Anyone at any age can benefit from less consumption, lower costs, moving to areas with low cost of living, etc. If the same people had done the same things 20 years earlier, they'd be badasses. They're no less deserving of praise for having figured it out a bit later.
None of them retired "early", from my perspective.