If you want to find "real" people who have retired early, have a look at the threads in the "Post-FIRE" section of the Mr. Money Mustache forums: https://forum.

If you want to find "real" people who have retired early, have a look at the threads in the "Post-FIRE" section of the Mr. Money Mustache forums: https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/post-fire/ https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/post-fire/ Speaking personally, I'm giving early retirement a try this year and I'm making it a point to _not_ bring in any "active" income this year, so as not to "dirty" my experiment. All of my income is passive, via dividends. I, too, have written about it, but my blog makes no money: https://blog.michaelscepaniak.com/starting-stopping-working https://blog.michaelscepaniak.com/starting-stopping-working