It sounds crazy but I retired at 39, but there is a story of course ...
My dad dropped dead at my feet at 54 years young when I was 9,
My wife's mum died of a brain tumour at just 45,
So that made us think of 'the now' rather than concern ourselves with the future which for some, does not happen.
Ah! ... A 'plaice' by the sea, been there, moved from London to Hastings in 87 to set up my mobile tuning business,
first thing I noticed was how awful the weather was in winter (stormy) compared to London
(don't mention the 87 hurricane)
Coastal areas are dead in the winter and quite often stormy, but that's all part of the joy of course :)
Escape to the sun? well, we tried that as well back in the 90's for a few years (Tenerife)
got fed up with all the blue sky and sun, when there was a bad storm there one week, I actually enjoyed it,
so back we come to blighty and to Cornwall.
Bought the place in the country jobbie with 2 acres, a ride on mower, a Honda 500 CX Custom and had some fun,
got fed up with that lot so sold up and moved to a south Cornish coastal village ...
God's waiting room, sold up within a year!
tried another 'plaice' next to the Eden project, set on its own with large garden, that lasted 2 years,
so here we are back (sort of) where we started ~ in a City (Truro)
Very nice (for a City) although with a population of just 19,000 its hardly a City, but as others have said - you can get a pint of milk or a pint of beer etc. without having to use the car,
When I say I, its not that I'm selfish, its just that I have always been the driving force in our relationship, if it wasn't for me we'd still be in a council flat in South London, anyway - I am looking to sell up again next Spring for a new adventure, who knows, we might even end up in Romania :)
Yes, well - I can hear those saying I retired too early but, I know millionaires who didn't retire early enough,
they've got their wealth,
but lost their health.
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