About the Authors
Introduction
Part One
Why FIRE? – What It Takes
Chapter 1 - A Short History
Thinking outside the cubicle
Making the most of a difficult situation
How We Began Investing, and Another Change to Manage
Making the Most of Opportunities All Along the Way
Chapter 2 - Why We Retired Early
Taking Another Road – The Surprising Pressure of Taxes
Chapter 3 - Is Early Retirement for You?
How
Much Do We Have to Prove?
Opening horizons
If
You Want to Move Forward into FIRE - Important Questions to Ask Yourself
Our Choice; Giving Back
Chapter 4 - How to Choose Your Future
Dream Killers
The Motivators
This Way or That Way?
Profitability Begins Within – Try These Suggestions
Chapter 5 - The Emotional Component of Retirement
Integral but often
Overlooked
The New Retirement – Financial Independence
Take Action
Chapter 6 -
Creating a Lifestyle of Meaning within Your Retirement
Decision
Time
The Future Impact of Your Retirement – Building Meaning within
Your Financially Independent Lifestyle
Financial Independence: Going from Satisfaction to Satisfaction
Peer Pressure
Guilt
The Stigma of the Word “Retirement”
Chapter 7 - A Young Boy and His Dreams - A Personal Tale from Billy
Chapter 8 -
Hooked on Adventure - A Personal Tale from Akaisha
Chapter 9 - It's a Lifestyle Not a Vacation
Important Points
What We Wanted to Achieve
The Greatest Lessons We Have Learned
Part Two
Housing and Food Costs – Why They Are Important
Chapter 10 - “Worry-Free” Housing
Value for Money Spent
Tax and Insurance Relief
The Trouble with Transportation
Could You Become
Car-Free?
Safety
Chapter 11 - Housing Adventures on the Road
A
Month or Two at the Beach, at a Fraction of the Cost – Traveling off Season
Visiting Family
More
Housing on the Road
Other Housing Options
Like
the Sea?
Housing: Rent or Buy?
Reviewing Your Housing Options
Chapter 12 - Food Adventures
Happy Hearts are Cooking in Thailand
Chapter 13 - Our Food Secrets and How To's
Food Shopping - Buy on Sale, Stock Up
Breaking Down Our Own Meats
Dem Bones, Dem Bones
Have a Special Cooking Day
Food on The Road
Settling Down into Our Foreign Location
Chapter 14 - One Meal a Day
Chapter 15 - Tips on How to Make the Most of Feasting
Internationally (and stay on a budget)
Chapter 16 - Is Eating Street Food Safe?
The Basics
It’s Not Always the Food
Time Frames
Other Considerations
Enjoying Your Trip
Chapter 17 - Travel and Transport
Transport Tips While Traveling
Need to Rent a Car?
Part
Three
Money, Money, Money
Chapter 18 - Where to Start? “When you get
out of debt you give yourself a raise.”
Save and invest
Do you dream of becoming a millionaire?
When
to begin
What if you start later in life?
Resist Peer Pressure
Chapter 19 - Financial Sustainability
Ok…got it! Now What? Some basics
How
Much Is Work Costing You?
What
to Do? Let’s Save some Money
Chapter 20 - Perhaps Retirement Is Closer than You Think!
Some Easy Math
What
You Can Do Right Now; Smoothing Out the Transition Bumps
“I Don’t Understand the Stock Market.”
Chapter 21 - Money Management
Our
Investment Style; Answering the Critics - Most of Whom Are Still Working
Be
an Investor Not a Trader
Do
Not Chase Returns
Take
the money and Run
Have
a Spending Plan for Retirement
Chapter 22 - Track Spending
Setting up the Spreadsheet
The 4% Rule -
What is it? How do I use it? Does it work?
Living Without a Paycheck in
Retirement
Chapter 23 - How Much Is Enough?
How Much Risk?
Do
You Ever Have Enough Money? – What Does that Look Like to You?
The
Big One
The
Millionaire Mind
Youth Has the Advantage
Chapter 24 - Having Flexibility in Your Retirement; A resource worth
investing in
Practical, motivational,
inspirational. If we can do it,
YOU CAN TOO!
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Chapter 25 - How do YOU want to Spend Your Money? - An option
to consider for assisted living
Long
term care insurance?
Time for reflection
Aging in Place - Sample numbers to consider
Opening up the options
Part Four
Styles of Travel, Living Abroad
Chapter 26 - The Benefits of Globe Trotting
Chapter 27 - The RV Lifestyle
Stories of The Road
Stretching Value
Chapter 28 - Living Abroad
Retirees without borders
Distinctive Differences in Cultures
Medical Care Overseas?
Chapter 29 -
How to Choose a Retirement Location
Narrowing your search
General hassles of everyday living
Living with ease
Is Your Retirement Under-funded?
What Does it Really Take to Move Overseas?
More commentary on this topic
Chapter 30 - Retirement Dream, or Nightmare? Purchasing a home overseas
More on Housing - My Case for Financial Assets
New
Chapter 31 - Perpetual Traveler – A Lifestyle on the Move
Settling Down?
Moderating Transport Costs while on the Road
Basics; Before We Leave
Financial Issues
Locating a Place to Stay
Upon
Arrival - Lodging
Hosteling
Daily Living
Exercising While on The Road
Need
Medical Assistance?
Managing Cost Per Day Figure While Traveling – Geographical Arbitrage
Keeping Family Ties Strong
Nuts
and Bolts
What
We Pack and Why
Traveling Styles
Chapter 32 - Retirement Through a Different Lens
Chapter 33 - 5 Money Saving Travel Tips
Chapter 34 - How to Make Traveling Easier for Yourself
Chapter 35 – Volunteering
Chapter 36 - Our Five Reasons to Retire Abroad
Part
Five
Medical and Health Care Options
Chapter 37 - Medical Care
Gaining Perspective
Questioning Pricing
Insight into Bureaucratic Distractions
Champion Your Own Cause
Care
in a foreign country by comparison
Additional thoughts
Chapter 38 - Health Care Options
Take
a Medical Holiday – employ the benefits of Medical Tourism
Budgeting for Medical Tourism
Your Insurance Plan
Competitive Pricing - Medical Procedures on Special
More Doctors take cash?
Summary
Part
Six
Partners, Peers and Perspectives
Chapter 39 - Guys & Gals
How Women Can Smooth the Course
Home Sweet Home
Men Must Find Balance Too
Mars and Venus in Retirement
What to Do?
Families Working Together
Engaging the Children
Are Your Children Grown?
Chapter 40 - Peer Pressure
Being Different Has Its Price
Smoothing Out Changes in The Road of Friendship
Is It Work or Is It Passion?
Chapter 41 - Freedom
Making Different Decisions
Chapter 42 - Once You Retire, Opportunities Arrive
Retirement Is a Sizeable Change
Wherever You Are, Take Advantage of Opportunities
Money isn’t what makes you rich
A Little Spending Money
Chapter 43 - Are You Afraid to FIRE?
Gaining Perspective
Courage in Everyday Life
Chapter 44 – Ten Thousand Days
Afterword
Practical, motivational,
inspirational. If we can do it,
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