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Reached FIRE At 50👉🏻 And Here's Why He Still Keeps Climbing | Darrow Kirkpatrick | 167

Episode 167 Published 10 months, 2 weeks ago

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Darrow Kirkpatrick retired from a 29-year career in civil and software engineering in April 2011 at the age of 50 and started the blog 'Can I Retire Yet' that same year. The Blog was one of the first in the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) space and focuses on the personal finance needs of anyone who is thinking about retirement or early retirement. He joins us for a deeply human masterclass on retiring, drawing down without drama, and pursuing hard goals the slow, sane way. In this episode, Darrow shares with us:

The origins of his blog 'Can I Retire Yet?'
How a nervous breakdown derailed his career
His six-year, section-by-section completion of the Colorado Trail on forearm crutches
The inspiration behind his new book 'Two Sticks One Path'

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