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We were lucky enough to retire at 42 (now 48). We worked far too hard in the 1980s and stress took it's toll in the 90's but we managed to put enough in the pension pot to escape the rat race early. Not easy though. Anyone who wants to retire early needs to start saving and investing when they are 20. It's surprising how much you need.
So what do we do? Well we have two kids under seven years old and they keep us pretty busy. Never seems to be enough time. You've heard the expression "work expands to fill the time available", well it's the same with "life". Some weeks I don't know how we ever found time to got to work. Travel? Yes we do that but we're limited to school holidays mostly. We built our own house and there's still plenty of work to to to finish that.
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