FairestOfThemAll37
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- Feb 12, 2013
Glad I did it wrong, then. In my 20's I saved like mad and said no to a lot of "fun" but you know what? By the time I was 33 I had enough saved to essentially retire and do whatever I wanted for the rest of my life. Which is exactly what I've proceeded to do. I've had nearly 14 years now of all the "fun" I want without being tied to a corporate job. Had I blown it all in my 20's, I'd be working now and probably for at least another ten years. So thank heavens I did a lot of something wrong!
I'm going to go ahead and say that your situation is highly unusual. Most people cannot possibly save enough in their 20s to retire by 33. Nor can most people retire 14years into a job.
Hitting it big on an investment (unless you happened to be in a position of making and saving millions at a very young age) and banking millions in your twenties isn't exactly what the article was about.
Assuming a normal life, most people don't have enough to live on for 40-50years by the end of their 20s.