Freedom at 60 Why He Left a Job He Loved (and Doesn’t Regret It) | Retirement Reality
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Steve spent more than two decades building video games, working with a team that felt more like family than coworkers. By all measures, he loved his work. But a heart attack in 2021 changed everything, and it became the moment that pushed him to rethink the one thing he’d always said he wanted someday: an early retirement. In this episode, Steve sits down with James Conole, CFP®, to share how a health scare, a divorce, and years of slowly learning how to budget and invest turned into the fre...
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