Wife retired from teaching at 52 with a nice pension. I stopped my lifelong profession at 54. Made the move 2000 miles to TV. Kinda scary but we had a plan and 16 years later now it has worked.
I will tell you that EARLY retirement is not for everyone. The transition into retirement has been easier for my wife than me. For me, it was believe it or no, getting burned out on golf. I have played since I was a kid but still it almost became a job. I felt I needed some more balance and health care costs getting higher, I went back to work in a job that paid very well, provided health care, added more to my 401k and I still had time to hit the golf ball. Wife was doing her many activities of fun.
Life is great and we have done a lot of worldwide traveling and connecting with family on other trips.
Best advice I can give is when you do retire make sure that EVERYTHING is paid off before you do it. Be mortgage free. The only bills you should have to incur at this stage of your life is normal day to day living expenses.
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