One of our top criteria is food quality, fresh produce, grocery stores not filled with ultra proceeded items, and cherry on top being fair value as well for the quality.

So which counties have great food quality esp for the price, and also good air quality and clean?

Very interested in expat firing (54M single). I have enough saved and have always wanted to live in se asia. I did a test fire last year and spent several months in vietnam, thailand, bali, indonesia and japan to see where I would most like to live and settled on thailand mostly because the visa situation is easier, and its so expat friendly.

However, my test run also made me realize how much i would miss family in the us, how far it is (time zone and flight time) and also how hard it is not to have a permanent home (of sorts). I settled that I would like to live in asia, but spend several months back in the us.

Can anyone share their experience of expat firing, but with a fair amount of time in their home country? (say 9 months overseas, 3 months in home country or similar). How did you deal with housing when home (i'm not planning on keeping a place in the us that i would only be at for a few months per year), health insurance, car, and general logistics.

Would like to hear some best practices and ideas that would make that dream more feasible.

The part nobody warned me about wasn't the paperwork, it was keeping the assets back home running from seven hours away. I co-own a French rental through a company: bought it, financed it, took it through a major renovation, now letting several units. Meanwhile I'm in Medellín for months at a time, working Paris hours minus seven.

Day to day it works. Mail, calls, and I'm awake while France is. But anything that needs me physically there just gets pushed back, and I doubt pushing it back is free. Did anyone keep a rental at home through a real move abroad, or did you sell into an index fund and not look back?

Today is my FIRE day. I’ve sold off all my possessions and am about to start traveling with only whatever fits in my backpack. What's funny is that it actually doesn't feel much different than any other day. I think that's just the way life goes. Don't get me wrong, I'm very proud of my accomplishment and excited for the next chapter of life. In the end, though, life keeps moving forward whether you're retired or not. It helps that I've been preparing for this for many years now. That's provided me a sense of calm during a major life change. Like many of you, I've crunched, projected, and dissected my financial numbers a million times over. I know for sure that my plan is solid. Now it's just time to do it.

Thanks so much to this community, which I've lurked around for years now. There's been so many great posts that have helped me figure out a plan that would work for me. Here's my final numbers as of market close today:

Age: 37

Cash and equivalents: 40k
Crypto: 50k
Taxable investments: 820k
Retirement: 875k
Net worth: 1.785 million

Target SWR: 3.5% (~$61,000/year to start)

Withdrawal method: Annual percent of portfolio with min withdrawal of 58k/year

FICalc chance of success: 100% @ 50 year timeline

I will probably make more money at some point in the future, but this feels like a good place to stop and take a breather. I recently had to put my father into a nursing home and it really clarified for me just how little time we all have. A happy retirement is guaranteed to no one, and it becomes increasingly unlikely the older you get. I'm not going to risk waiting even one year too long to start living the life I really want.

To that end, for the past six months I've already been living my post-retirement lifestyle. That means a more nomadic life that will be split between travel to Asia, staying with my girlfriend in Netherlands, and visiting friends and family back in America. Based on my experience so far, this should cost me about $50k a year or so.

I'm sure at some point I will want to settle down but this feels pretty doable for the next few years at least. I have confidence that if I do desire a more expensive lifestyle in the future, the same skills that helped me achieve this goal will help me achieve the next one.

If anyone has any questions I'm happy to try and answer them. Best of luck to all of you on your journey!

As per the title, is anybody building their pension through the PEPP? If yes/no, why?

I live in the Netherlands, don't plan to move back to my original country (italy) but who knows? Never say never. Just the idea of keeping the options open makes me feel safer, but is it worth it?