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If you are new to the Retire By 40, here are some good posts to start with. See my video first though. 
Resources
Free Financial Planning and Portfolio Checkup. When was the last time you had a thorough portfolio checkup? Personal Capital is a great site for investors. Check out my review.
Best Online Saving Account. 1.05% interest rate is much better than a local bank can provide.
Read About My Favorite Retirement Calculator: FIRECalc. I like this stock market simulator much more than the usual retirement calculator.
How to retire early and some motivational posts.
I did it. I quit my job!
The Retire By 40 Movement. Are you around 40 years old? If you are not happy with your life, you need to do something about it.
3 Easy Steps To Retire By 40. It’s best to start early if you want to leave your day job by the time you’re 40.
Why I gave up my engineering career and a six figures salary. The paychecks were great, but the job wasn’t a good fit for me anymore.
See how early retirement will impact your Social Security Benefit.
Go It Alone – Pondering quitting the day job and becoming self employed.
Should I rethink Retire By 40? - I guest posted at Get Rich Slowly and had many dissenting comments about my plan to retire early.
What’s Your Motivation? – Here I share my motivation for early retirement.
What’s Your Ultimate Goal? – What do you want for the future you? More money, more power, or just more time to enjoy life?
How to Retire By 40 – My roadmap to early retirement.
Why I want to be a Stay At Home Dad – Read why I’d rather change diaper than working in a cubicle.
Passive Income will lead to Financial Independence
Passive income
How to start making Passive Income – Passive income is a must for any kind of retirement. Here are a few ways to get started.
Dividend Portfolio – The latest update about our dividend portfolio. I have shifted most of my after tax investment toward dividend stocks over the past few years to generate a little income.
4 plex first 3 months report – We acquired a 4 plex last year and the first 3 months wasn’t great. In 2012, we are getting positive cash flow and I’ll have to write an update soon.
P2P lending for extra retirement income – I’m dabbling in person to person lending to generate some extra income. It’s going well so far, but we’ll see if it works out in the long run.
Cash Flow
Our monthly Cash Flow report. See how we are doing in the cash flow department. When I quit my day job, we’ll be living paycheck to paycheck for a while. I have been keeping track of the cash flow for over a year and we have been mostly successful in making one paycheck work.
Retirement investing
Should you invest in 401(k) or Roth IRA?
Retire By 40 Net Worth VS S&P 50
A Million Dollars is NOT Enough
Saving and being Frugal
No one ever gets rich by being frugal
Frugal & Healthy Tip – Learn To Cook
How Much We Spend On Coffee, Gas, Pets, Beer, And More
How to save on heating bill AND stay warm! Kotatsu table.
Stay at home dad
Interview With A Stay-At-Home Dad/Blogger
My 3 Months As A Stay-At-Home Dad Blogger
How to stay productive when working from home?
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hi joe,
came across your blog on the web .. retiring at 40 is great .. but staying almost 30yrs irrelevant to the society is a threat also .. i hope to be able to retire early too .. am 36 now .. good luck .
I guess it depends on how you define irrelevant. I reach a lot more people now than when I was working at a mega corp.