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Early Retirement

Chart Early Retirement

July 27, 2009

As a visual person, I very much appreciate graphical motivators such as wall charts and the like. Whether you are tracking weight loss, or progress towards early retirement, a wall chart can be a powerful tool.
This concept was first introduced to me in the book Your Money or Your Life. The book’s authors advocated creating [...]

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What Does It Mean To Cash Out?

July 1, 2009

The term “cashing out” has many meanings depending on the context. Most people think of things like 401k balances, life insurance policies, and cashing out chips in Vegas. However, there is another little-used definition of to “cash out” that I will apply to my story here. From a Google search:
Cash out – to choose a [...]

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