Work Optional: Retire Early the Non-Penny-Pinching Way

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A practical action guide for financial independence and early retirement from the popular Our Next Life blogger.In today’s work culture, we’re expected to hustle around the clock. But what if you could escape the traditional path and get on one that doesn’t require working full-time until age 65? What if you could wake up every day without an alarm clock and do the things you love most?
Tanja Hester and her husband Mark left their crazed careerist lifestyle to live their dream life in Lake Tahoe, retiring early from high-stress careers. Now Tanja will help you map out a customized plan for freedom and make it easy to succeed, whether you’re good at math and budgeting — or not!Work Optional is more than just a financial plan: it’s a plan for your whole life — designed by you, not by an employer or clients. Tanja walks you through envisioning your dream life, accounting for variables such as health care and children, protecting yourself from recessions and future unknowns, and achieving a purpose-filled early retirement, semi-retirement, or career intermission with completely doable, non-penny-pinching steps.
You can live a happier, more meaningful life, free from the daily grind. Regardless of where you are in your career, Work Optionalwill get you there.
Listening Length ‏ : ‎ 6 hours and 53 minutes
Author ‏ : ‎ Tanja Hester
Narrator ‏ : ‎ Tanja Hester
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 12, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07N8GRLCP
Version ‏ : ‎ Unabridged
Program Type ‏ : ‎ Audiobook
Best Sellers Rank: #43,001 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #25 in Budgetary & Cost Accounting #30 in Budget Travel Guides #44 in Retirement Planning (Audible Books & Originals)
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