5 reasons I was able to retire at 58
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- Today marks the beginning of my retirement journey, and I’m going to share the five reasons that enabled me to retire at the age of 58.
Over the past 42 years, I’ve worked in both the UK and the USA, making a mix of wise and not-so-wise financial decisions. In this vlog, I’ll delve into the five essential strategies that paved the way for our early retirement in Orlando, Florida.” 🌴🌟
#themeparkbazza #orlando #retirement #retirementplanning #retirementstrategy
Congrats on finishing Barry, you’re quite right in what you say. My plan was 58 but cancer came and got me at 50 so my world changed overnight. Plan for tomorrow but live it as soon as you can, you don’t know what’s round the corner.
Exactly, you never know what tomorrow will bring !
My thoughts go out to you and your family. I hope that you return to good health soon.
Found your video at 26 and I am saving a good amount to retirement so I can retire early like yourself. It's nice to hear advice from people who have lived life and gone through the emotions of retirement. Wishing you both all the best!
Starting early puts you in a great position
Fair play to you Bazza & for being so transparent about your lifestyle going forward. Quite refreshing when so many other vloggers hide behind smoke & mirrors or use deflection to avoid uncomfortable questions about their day to day lives. Enjoy your retirement, you’ve earned it 🥂
Thanks so much 😊
Happy retirement both of you enjoy and make the most of it. I retired at 55 and am now 83 and it was the best thing i ever did. And still enjoying my Florida holidays.
That is awesome!
Congrats! I also just retired a few days ago at 58. Starting to de-clutter and purge all of the junk I don’t need anymore from my life. It’s an amazing feeling!
That is awesome! It is a good feeling
Me in 16 days.
Enjoy your retirement. We retired around 57 the best decision we ever made.You made a lot of a very good points,it’s takes years of planning to retire.So enjoy it ,you deserve it🎉🎉
Right on!
Congratulations! I'm 58, planned on retiring at 60 but the recent death of my mom led me to reconsider. I've moved my timeline up to possibly the end of this year. I don't mind work, per se, it's the waste of precious time that is leading me to this decision. Forty years of selling my time for dollars is enough!
I understand. As I said, you can not get more time, so enjoy the time you have
At 64 now 71 light at the end of tunnel came and hit me ,a heart attack and triple heart bypass that throws all the plans out the window so enjoy life I’ve had house in Florida the stock market and the big financial crash took care of that ,but life carries on enjoy your house and the pool,if you have your health your a millionaire.
That's the key , your health
We to retired and now doing the same, plus healing all our medical issues on carnivore losing 50+ pounds and my husband lost 85+ pounds in 6 months and ketovore we found on UA-cam Dr. Philip Ovadia M.D. & Dr. Ken Berry M.D. health is wealth and enjoy your retirement.
Health is wealth!
Congratulations on your retirement I hope it is long and happy.I was lucky to retire at 56 I'm 60 now and have loved every minute 👍♥️
Wonderful!
Congratulations 🥂. May you have a very long and very happy retirement. Enjoy every moment. I look forward to seeing lots of fun vlogs ❤
Thank you so much!
Many congratulations on your retirement bet Max is happy to have you home full time! Look forward to watching your retirement adventures for many years. Thank you also for being so transparent thats why I love your vlogs, so open and honest xx
Thanks so much!
Congratulations on your retirement, and I wish you both many happy, healthy years of fun x
Cheers
Happy retirement 🎉, thankyou for sharing your wisdom around retirement planning, me and hubby are a little way off both at 40 ish and appreciate hearing your journey and tips
Never to early to start planning
Well done with the planning Barry wishing you and Maxine many happy and healthy years ahead.
Thank you so much !
Congratulations 🎉 Absolutely love your videos, I love seeing what you and Mrs Bazza get up to.
Thanks so much
Happy retirement Bazza, I hope you both enjoy it. Keep the vlogs coming.
Thank you! Will do!
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing. Happy retirement to you both
Thanks so much!
A great honest and open vlog with some valuable advice. Enjoy your time together x
Thank you! Will do!
Congratulations and enjoy every moment!! ☀️
We will!
Ahh good for you Bazza ! Lots of time now to enjoy your beautiful house and pool as well as unlimited theme park visits ❤️ xx
Thanks so much 😊
Great listen! Congrats on your journey and success in meeting your goals. I’m 58 as well, 4 weeks from full retirement (following my wife who pulled the plug with her defined benefit pension in hand 6 months ago). We did many similar things in the last 3-5 years including selling our home, building a new smaller one with little maintenance for the next few years, and getting all financial affairs in good order. We could not agree with you folks more 👍. When we built the house we planned for it to be as operationally inexpensive to run as possible so we could enjoy our $ doing what we want to instead of paying big bills to keep it going. We installed a full solar array to drop our total annual heat/ac/light cost to less than $500/yr….and other things like that such as high efficiency water heater, high quality windows and insulation, etc. With all that in place, we are excited to both be in retirement in 4 weeks. No looking back now!
Sounds smart, that's why we did the same:-)
Yayyy 🎉🎊 Many Congratulations Barry on your well deserved retirement , enjoy it.
Wishing you both health and happiness.
Thank you
Congratulations on your retirement 🎉. Enjoy every minute. Great vlog 👌
Thank you! Will do!
Congratulations on your retirement Barry, enjoy making lots more memories with Maxine along the way. Looking forward to following along with you both on your next vlogs 🎉🍾🥂
Thanks 👍
Congratulations Barry and Max. We are so happy for you both.
Thank you both xx
congratulations on retirement barry, you’re both living the dream out there in the states! all the best going forward, and don’t stop riding those coasters!
We definitely will be riding more coasters
Congratulations to you both 🥳. Hope you enjoy a long and fulfilling retirement 😊
Thank you so much!
Thanks for doing this video, really interesting! You have made me realise that we don’t have a plan! I’m 50, my husband has already retired from the police but is currently working full time in a new role. Our children are only just starting to become more independent, so it has only been the past year where we have started to think what we would like to do, where we want to live. It’s funny we were literally saying yesterday how this next stage of life has taken us by surprise. Thank goodness we do have good pensions plans, a home that’s paid for and no debt; we just haven’t figured out yet when we’d like to retire, what we’d like to do and whether we can fund the gap until other pensions kick in. It definitely involves theme parks, travel and camper vans! Enjoy the next stage of life, excited to follow your journey! 😊
A good financial planner can help you craft a plan
Congratulations, may it be a long and happy retirement, you both deserve it.
Thank you so much!
So glad you did the proper intro after the very formal one 😂😂. Happy Retirement, you and Maxine have earned it 🎉🎉
Yay! Thank you!
Good for you both! You can enjoy relaxing and having fun now!😊 Be happy.
Yes! Thank you!
Congradulations Barry on your retirement. You truly deserve it, embrace this time with Maxine xx
Thank you, I will
Happy retirement guys you have showed that with careful planning the dream can happen x
And some luck !
Thank you for the channel, and you're help and guidance enabled me to have a great Florida return with my daughters in May. Good luck with the retirement, and try not to get under Maxine's feet! Between you and The Lodge Guys you make my week
Aww, thank you. I've never heard of those other guys, but I am sure they are nice :-)
Congratulations on your retirement Barry! Enjoy! 🎉🇬🇧
Thanks so much!
Many congratulations, Barry - absolutely the right thing to do! Nobody knows what's around the corner so go out and enjoy life while you still can. Hope you both enjoy a long and happy retirement 🍻
Thanks so much!
Thanks so much!
Enjoy your retirement Maxine and Barry you have worked hard and now time to reap the rewards especially as you are still young and have your health. I have just taken the same leap of faith at 57 due to my husband's illness and time I needed to take and spend with him. You are spot on we can always go back to work and get some more money if needed. However one thing that money cannot buy us is time with our loved ones.. both of us really enjoy your vlogs and look forward to watching your new adventures together. Enjoy xx
Thank you xxx
HI from England. I really appreciate the honesty and openness's. Enjoy the retirement, you deserve it.
Hi Dave from England :-) , thank you !
Retired at 57 & 66. We both worked for the same companies since college. Also saved in our 401ks since the 1st check. Both of us also had pensions. We did not have to pay into. Company provided.
That’s is the perfect senario , I am so happy for you both
Happy retirement sir and thanks for sharing - Kevin & Cyndy UK
Thank you kindly
Welcome to retirement! I retired about 2 years ago and was living in Lakeland Florida. My husband and I moved to East Tennessee near Gatlinburg after 42 years in the Sunshine State. That was always our dream at retirement, and we, like you, had to plan. I'm glad we did.
We don't miss the Florida heat!!!!
Enjoy the fruits of working hard and saving for this time in your lives. Say hello to Mickey for me....
We will do !
Congratulations on your retirement. With sound planning and advice you guys have a wonderful home and a wonderful country to spend it in. All the best
Thank you so much!
Many congratulations! I retired last year at 55 and my partner retires in 2 months...its the best feeling in the world! Wishing you both a long and happy retirement!
Thank you! You too!
‘It’s a marathon, not a sprint’. 👌 Exactly this, and kudos to you for playing the long game. Super happy for you - but gutted you got shonky financial advice. Glad it got resolved but how frustrating and draining. Some great advice in here - thanks for sharing. X
And now I can eat at 4 pm for my senior specials at a diner x
@@ThemeParkBazza 😂
Wishing you both a very long, happy and healthy retirement 😊
Thank you
Enjoy it mate, so, can we expect more frequent vlogs?
I must say I agree completely with the plan, we sold our stupidly expensive house in Surrey to move to the countryside, my wife quit work at 40 and I keep things ticking over till I retire in a couple of years. Planning and preparation is key.
Well done Bazza!!
Just one a week, I am retired 😊
Great vlog, I'll let the adverts run now! Happy retirement guys 🎉😊
Thank you
Congratulations on your retirement. I can definitely recommend it. Enjoy! 🥂
Thanks so much! 😊
Love this….may you both have the life you’ve dreamed of x
Thank you x
Congratulations to you both. I'm in Orlando currently and know that you are going to have a happy retirement here in the lovely sunshine...enjoy. Xx
Thank you so much!
Congrats! Your Vid showed up in my feed this AM. We are in Orlando also and are 4 yrs out from retirement. Enjoyed your Vid. Will be checking out your channel.
Thank you
Congratulations and well done. Enjoying retirement while still young and in good health is absolutely fabulous.
We hope so !
Happy retirement Bazza! 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you!!
Congratulations on your retirement Barry - now time to enjoy your time with your lovely wife in your home which is looking amazing after the renovations 🎉
Aww thank you xx
Fantastic ! Happy retirement and well done. 👏
Thank you!
Happy retirement Barry.
Our northern background has paid off.
We're not at the same stage in life yet but can relate to everything you're doing.
Cheers
Congratulations on your retirement. Great vlog. Everything you said makes so much sense. We both had Lucas pensions at 16, like you seemed pointless, but now in our early 60s, we have continued with pensions all through. I retired at 60. Loving it. I will make sure I watch the ads and not skip lol.
That is awesome!
Wishing you guys a long and happy retirement! 👍🏝️☀️🌴
Thanks so much!
Best wishes to you both. Well done. Hoping you will do lots of vlogs. Really enjoy you guys.
Thank you! Will do!
Well done, loving the vlogs been with you every week and will be over there end June to mid July. Would love to see you and your lodgers you know who, love them also. But keep vloging love them. 😊
Have fun!
Happy retirement! So glad you can enjoy life after all your hard work and planning. Great tips by the way. Me and hubby are in early fifties and working with a financial adviser as to when we can take the leap and give up work. The sooner the better 😂
That is awesome!
Congratulations on retirement, always great content, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Congratulations on your retirement Barry! You are so right about saving for a pension from an early age. My very first f/t job (back in 1990) didn’t offer a pension, but my Mum being a Pensions Adviser contracted out my Serps and also rolled in a v small pension from when I worked as a Saturday assistant at M&S. That very small sum over 40 years has grown significantly. I also have 2 other private pensions (one from working 18 years at one job) and my current job (which will be 25 years by the time I plan to retire). Fortunately my husband also has similar, so we are hoping to retire long before 67. One of my bucket list wishes is to live in Florida for a year, so 🤞! Congratulations again to you & Maxine - here’s wishing you both a long & healthy retirement.
Tis true the earlier you start with a pension the earlier you can retire
I’m thrilled for you both. Enjoy living the dream 😊
Every day !
Sounds like the big theme is communicate with each other so you are on the same page. ❤
Very true
Well done 👏 Congratulations to you both 🤗🤗 enjoy your memories together ❤️ Such a lovely couple xx
Thanks so much! 😊
Happy Retirement Bazza 🎉
Cheers
Great Vlog! Solid advice, I just retired early too this past December and the bridge savings fund until I reach Social Security full retirement age which is when I will draw it, was key in making this happen. Enjoy your retirement !
You have a big bridge, 20 years ?? Xx
Best wishes for a long and happy retirement
Thank you kindly
Happy Retirement Bazza! Loved watching this, we’re looking towards our early retirement hopefully in the next 5 years. Hopefully Max will be able to put up with you under her feet 24/7 now 🤣
Enjoy your weekend and your lay-ins!
I hope so too! :-)
I hope so too!
Congrats on your retirement looks like you had your pool done at the right time. I’m so jealous of the charmed life you are leading I love Orlando sadly it will be a while before I can visit it as I’ve just had knee replacement still in hospital but really enjoying your videos thanks for cheering me up
Thank you, we hope your recovery is swift so you can come back over
Happy retirement Bazza 🎉
Thank you
Good to see you Barry! Congratulations.
Hey, thanks, Clai !
So happy for you. Like you we made a point of saving hard when we came to America. We maxed on all allowable contributions and were very fortunate with our financial planner. I retired at age 63 and the plan was for the husband to retire two years later as we had 2 expensive projects (one of which was refurbishing the pool). But life DID throw us a curve ball as literally 2 weeks after I retired he had a biopsy and was diagnosed with throat cancer. He came through it, returned to work but his heart wasn’t in it. Like you he traveled a lot, and could be bothered with it anymore so he retired a year earlier than planned. But due to very judicial planning we could financially do that. No-one knows what’s ahead of us. Wishing you a wonderful, fun filled, well deserved retirement
That is so true you never know what curved balls are around the corner , live each day to the full
Congratulations & welcome to the early retirement club. I paid in from 18 & its paid off!
That is awesome!
Congratulations Bazza.. very interesting vlog. You beat me by 5 years, and I had some of your 5 things, currently living on a golf course in the Philippines, hope to get to Orlando soon !!!!
That sounds amazing, we have been watching a lot of retirement vlog from Brit’s in the Philippines
Congratulations on your retirement. I am 50 this year and am definitely starting to plan my retirement. I’m a teacher and can’t imagine doing that till I’m 68!
Never too early to plan
Wishing you a very long and happy retirement, my brother retired at 53, if you can then why not! Enjoy every minute 🥰
Oh wow!, thats young
@@ThemeParkBazza worked on the railway in management,
Congratulations Barry! You’re still looking good and obviously doing well in life. I enjoyed the UA-cam! Tom Holcombe
Cheers Tom
Congrats baz! Enjoy your retirement.
Thank you!
Very inspiring video my husband and I are late 40’s hoping to retire by 60 and you have given me a kick up the bum to get organised, in Florida in September hoping to bump into you and the lodge guys. Big congratulations enjoy every rollercoaster when you can 🎉🎉
Never too early to start
So pleased for you Bazza, you’re a big inspiration to me, love your videos, I don’t know how you’ve both managed to keep your accents
We were too old when we came here to lose them :-)
fair play to you, fully agree with the pensions advice and the cant have it if you cant afford it attitude, we work to live before retirement and then when we get there we should enjoy it-good for you for getting out of the rat race early good luck to you both look forward to seeing more blogs
Thank you so much
Inspired by your story and well done for being so organised and planned with your life. You both look very comfortable, relaxed and stress free and that's what it is all about at our age [I am 58 also!]. Wish you all the best guys.
Thanks so much! 😊
Congratulations and All The Best! Enjoy retirement!
Thank you!
Congratulations! Love the videos
Thanks so much!!
Maxine you are like a different lady ! So relaxed and happy 🥰 congratulations to you both , your home is fabulous adore you both , love from West Midlands 😘 xx
Thanks so much
Congratulations! I absolutely love watching your journey. Perhaps we’ll run into you two when we’re down there in a few weeks. Cheers!!🍻
Cone to our meet-up in June , details in our Facebook FB group
@@ThemeParkBazza we unfortunately don’t arrive until the 25th - July 7th. Maybe you’ll pop in a park or Springs one of those days!
Informative, interesting, indeed! It looked like u couldn’t stop smiling. Have fun!
I was
Congratulation on retirement! Great age to retire and enjoy life together. Im 37 and this is great food for thought. Time goes fast and u cant buy it back. But in-retirement goals and getting their with a plan is as important as enjoying the now. So u can continue to do so into older age. Happy Retirement bazzas. Gav (Cumbria UK)
Well said! You can’t start early enough
Happy retirement Bazza! I spent half of my adult life in the States. We own 2 properties outright in Pennsylvania and Virginia. We have no debt. Unlike you, we drive relatively older, but very reliable cars that I maintain myself so saving thousands a year. We also live a relatively simple and frugal life. I found the biggest drag on finances throughout my life are children, but they are a blessing! My kids are now grown up and their own places, but they still ask for the odd handout😅. But life has gotten so expensive here. I'm now 56 and have a UK pension. Did consider transferring out, but too complicated and costly. Luckily my wife is a doctor and we have a great income. We also have full veteran medical cover from her military status (US army captain). I have never required financial advice, to me its common sense. Live within your means, save for a rainy day, and do not take unnecessary risks-if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is! I have never suffered fools. My priority is, and always has been my health and my family.
Sounds like you have a great outlook on life !
Congratulations on your retirement, both my husband and i are retired, we absolutely love it! Xx
Wonderful!
Hi I just found your videos and loved your message. Hubby/I retired 1.5yr ago at 58/59 following exactly the same financial regiment as you followed except that we are not sure if we should sell our house or just wait a bit longer…we will stay local as we have rental that we can move in but just love our home but it’s a bit too large for us🙂 HAPPY RETIREMENT!!
That is awesome!
Thoroughly enjoyed your talk. We did the exact same plans in our life and enabled us to retire in Australia. We cannot get a government pension, but our savings are working hard for us. A good financial planner is a must. Ours is amazing.
It makes a big difference
Congrats to you both! I’m the same age as Barry, I’ve got a couple of years left as a nurse in the NHS. Reasonable pension is one of the last ‘perks’ of my job. Very jealous of you both, you have worked hard , enjoy your retirement. ❤
That is awesome!
I am a nurse I was on the old pension scheme, started 1982, and I semi left at 55, went back on the bank doing a few nights a week, used money for holidays.You are right the only good thing left is the pension
Very interesting vlog, wishing you all the best for your retirement, you both deserve it! And Brendan said he'll be looking into pensions for himself 😅
Thanks so much! 😊
Wishing you all the best in your retirement.
I have said it before you give us back in the UK all the latest information about our favourite place on earth and now that you have retired hopefully even more fun.
Alice and I wish you all the best and would love to bump into you both in September when we’re over with our granddaughter for two weeks.
Thanks so much, come to one of our meets ups. Details in our Facebook group
Best of luck with your retirement x
Thank you
Congratulations you have plenty to keep you busy!!! Bet Maxine is pleased 😀
Yes , she is, but drinking a lot more !
Good for you Bazza, go and have some fun!
That's the plan