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I Retired at 55: My 7 Budget Rules That Survived Real Life
Retirement budget rules matter even more when you retire early. I retired at 55, and in this episode I’m sharing the 7 budget rules that helped my retirement plan survive real life.
Before I retired, I had a retirement budget, tracked our spending, planned for health insurance, travel, home repairs, and the things we wanted to enjoy in retirement.
But even with good planning, real life still showed up — including a large unexpected A/C repair, changing travel plans, rising healthcare costs before Medicare, and the mental shift from saving money to actually spending from the pile.
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