Financial freedom is amazing. It’s the freedom that comes with knowing all of your outgoings and bills are covered without you having to go to work.

Lots of folks reach financial independence when they retire, we reached it in 2015 when we were 43 years old.

Here we round up how we did it, and what we have learned from retiring early.

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Stepping Back into The Matrix, a Letter from Dusseldorf

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So, I'm back in, albeit temporarily. Life at the moment is pretty weird, as it would be for someone stepping back into The Matrix I guess?

Email to a Never-Before Self-Investor

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Following beers with friends the conversation turned to investing. The currently invest in a fund. I sent this email to them the following morning.
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Early Retirement Ethical Arguments

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I welcome constructive criticism, and here I've run through some of the ethical arguments I've come across against early retirement.
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Why am I ‘Retired at 43’ But Back at Work at 45?

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It's not a surprise for us that I'm working again only two years after 'retiring', although we're not doing it for the reasons we originally envisaged.
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Seeking the Cash Leaks: How We Track Our Spending

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Even since hitting financial independence almost two years ago, we still track every penny we spend. This post explains why, and how we do it.

Our Financial Freedom Story in 5 Minutes

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We were honored to be asked to write a guest post for The Escape Artist's blog. We wrote our financial independence story which you could read in 5 minutes.
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How to REALLY Retire at 40!

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The UK's Channel 4 recently aired a TV programme called 'How to Retire at 40'. I can't say I was impressed, it left much room for improvement, here's why...
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How to Retire at 40 and the Daily Mail

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In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes…
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How The Rich Think About Money

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'The rich' think about money differently to 'the poor'.This holds many people back from being financially secure. So, how do the rich think about money?