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    You're So Lucky!: How We Retired Early Without Being Wealthy
    You're So Lucky!: How We Retired Early Without Being Wealthy
    You're So Lucky!: How We Retired Early Without Being Wealthy
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    You're So Lucky!: How We Retired Early Without Being Wealthy

    By Hilary Falconer

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    People always say to us, “You’re so lucky!” when they hear we’re off on our next travel adventure, “did you win the lottery?”
    But luck has nothing to do with it - we planned our early retirement and worked hard for it although we were late starters in the wealth generation game.
    We didn’t buy a house till we were in our 30s, didn’t start saving till our 40s, yet we retired in our 50s to spend more time travelling.
    How did we do it?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateJul 14, 2014
    ISBN9781483533056
    You're So Lucky!: How We Retired Early Without Being Wealthy

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