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darklord700 · 04-08-2015, 08:28 AM

I've seen a lot of retire at 30 or 40 kind of blog but I can never make the numbers work.

http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/

This guy worked from 21 - 30, 9 years in total and declare financial independence afterwards. Is it possible? It's not like he was earning CEO types of salary during those 9 years.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashi...vel-the-world/

This couple retired when the hudsband was 40 so he might have worked for close to 20 years. But he started making 40K so it's not like he was pulling in huge salary too.

Blogs like these never gave us clear timeline of what happened and if that was replicable by the masses. I get the being frugal and live below your means part. But in these examples, even if you save every penny you make, I still couldn't make the math work in general.

Are these financial porn or what?

04-08-2015, 08:28 AM	#1
darklord700 First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2009 Exp:	Retire At 30 I've seen a lot of retire at 30 or 40 kind of blog but I can never make the numbers work. http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/ This guy worked from 21 - 30, 9 years in total and declare financial independence afterwards. Is it possible? It's not like he was earning CEO types of salary during those 9 years. http://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashi...vel-the-world/ This couple retired when the hudsband was 40 so he might have worked for close to 20 years. But he started making 40K so it's not like he was pulling in huge salary too. Blogs like these never gave us clear timeline of what happened and if that was replicable by the masses. I get the being frugal and live below your means part. But in these examples, even if you save every penny you make, I still couldn't make the math work in general. Are these financial porn or what?