From: Zachary Vance Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 01:21:53 +0000 (-0400) Subject: fix 1 X-Git-Url: https://git.za3k.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e196e564a73671da27c4caa200a6492b396dcd27;p=za3k.git fix 1 --- diff --git a/articles/retirement_math1.md b/articles/retirement_math1.md index 4a3fa41..79166dc 100644 --- a/articles/retirement_math1.md +++ b/articles/retirement_math1.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[za3k](/) > finances > retirement math, part 2: retiring for infinity years +[za3k](/) > finances > retirement math, part 1: the basics I retired at 31, which is pretty unusual. And I get asked about it a fair deal (and even more people want to ask but are too polite). So I wanted to go ahead and answer "how did you retire early?". The basic answer is - I made a bunch of money @@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ So you can increase your income, or decrease your spending, or do some combinati But all the numbers are *wrong*. The math is *incorrect*. If you retire at 65, it's a *little wrong*, but if you retire at 30 it's *wildly wrong*. A new factor dominates when retiring at 30 or 40. -[>>retire for infinity years](/articles/retirement_math1) +[>>retire for infinity years](/articles/retirement_math2) [^1]: Not, you know, that people *plan* to die at 80. They don't circle a date in their calendar. But you have to know how long you'll be retired to plan financially. Actually, living to 100 can turn into a financial problem, because you've run out of savings. This is part of how insurance [got started](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontine).