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Yearly financial, mental, and other checkups (2025): A path to FIRE (financial independence retire early) and journey of early retirement…

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  Martin Luther King Jr.: “You don’t have to see the whole staircase; just take the first step.” It is that time of the year everyone!  It is time to reassess, reevaluate, and to take into consideration everything that happened the previous year. For my wife and myself personally, we had a very good 2024 overall.  We embarked on another road trip during the last winter (December 2023-February 2024) to the American South, stayed in Ocean City, New England, and also spent good amount of nights at hotels in the process. Looking back, we are reminded daily of how much we appreciate our early retirement and amazed by how quickly 4 years have passed on by since we said adios to the rat race!  Each day brings awesome realization that we no longer have to go to work, dealing with ever more demanding, difficult and entitled humans we must face these days… Saying goodbye to the rat race and being able to enjoy this ride of early retirement is one of the absolute best things w...