I'm 55 with £1m - Can I afford to retire? (Real case study)

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@warrenthorp 6 месяцев назад

You’re good mate. I have done this (with a bit less capital) and now I sail my boat in the summer and work in the winter. Jobs a goodun 👍

@JamesShack 6 месяцев назад

I'm glad it's working well for you! Was there any point where it felt like a leap of faith or was it a slow transition?

@warrenthorp 6 месяцев назад

I had been planning for it for many years (with various scenarios factored in in terms of work-life balance) so I was very ready and very (mentally) accustomed to the idea by the time it came. As it happens, a bit like your man John, I got burned out a HAD to stop working at age 54 anyway. I will do something low stress in the winter from now on - because I can 😀

@danh4859 6 месяцев назад

Why quit work completely if you enjoy bits of it, and can afford to career-downsize, delay eating into investments, pay more into pension, and “buy” back more time and less stress? No-brainer IMHO

@user-lx6pk9os2d 6 месяцев назад

Yep, did it at 50. For us, it was about having more time to get outside up mountains etc while we're young enough. We live a modest but comfortable lifestyle, don't blow cash on pointless things, we both work self employed as and when it suits. Perfect!

@tancreddehauteville764 6 месяцев назад

@@warrenthorp So, what was your job?

@invisipics 6 месяцев назад

This whole video is not really about money but about something else which is only partially expressed. One of the most important things we need to do in life is to work out what belongs to us and what doesn't - in particular what voices in our minds belong to us and which don't. The voice telling you to climb the work ladder and become a "high-flyer," may well belong to your parents, for example, and not to you. Recognizing what isn't yours is really helpful in finding out what is.

@JamesShack 6 месяцев назад

Very good comment - this should be the key takeway from the video.

@stevegeek 6 месяцев назад

Very true. Great comment.

@rockl085ter8 Месяц назад

It is the modern day Sword of Damacles story

@mrt1878 6 месяцев назад

Never ever trade time and health for money. Learnt this the hard way after an in my 50's, very poor diagnosis of blood cancer from no where. Had always placed my career first and never envisioned finishing work until into my 60's. I fought the cancer into remission and decided to retire at 57. The biggest challenge was the mental one. The responsibilities I held, status, importance to others and the organisation, making a difference etc. However, there is often a cost which comes with this, mine was brutal but there is always something. I walked and feel so much better in every way. Yes, I sometimes think about the money I gave up but I've been able to balance this in my head against the peace, time and health I now have. The average male has less than 1000 weeks to live once they hit 60....think about that when you perceive you have a long life to live once retired. You won't regret prioritising time and health.

@crispyduck1706 6 месяцев назад

wish you well buddy enjoy the time you have

@simonwl Месяц назад

Good luck to you. You're doing the right thing. Stay positive and enjoy the love around you; from family, friends and what nature gives us. That's all so much more important than chasing the ££.

@Lookup2Wakeup Месяц назад

Wise words from your learning experience...👌

@maddog6278 6 месяцев назад

I did the same at 59. I have a final salary pension from my first job that covers the monthly bills, my 23 year pension is managed and invested growing nicely which I don’t plan to touch for the next 5 years and 100K savings for emergencies. I do 3 sessions at my local golf club, nothing remotely related to the work I left which covers holidays and other stuff. Hardest part is not seeing the large monthly wage coming in but after 6 months seeing everything is working I am so much more relaxed and happy with my life. Best thing I have ever done.

@kateband8213 6 месяцев назад

Interesting viewing. I did exactly that, gave up a senior role which was very well paid but with huge responsibility, significant time away from home and staff management role. When I got to age 56 I was pretty much burnt out. I quit my job but my manager offered me a part time role which didn’t involve any people management or stress. I did that for 3 years and then finally took the leap into freedom aged 59. Life is short, particularly a healthy life. What I now realise that without the need to pile money into a DC pension or ISA I don’t need a huge income. I’m fortunate that I have no mortgage anymore but neither do I have expensive tastes. I’m now richer than I have ever been.

@stevegeek 6 месяцев назад

Similar here. Like you, I don't have expensive tastes. I see a lot of neighbors with bigger homes / newer cars etc. than me, but they are still working while I've taken early retirement and loving it.😄

@boyasaka 5 месяцев назад

Well done @@stevegeek Drives me mad when I read need £1 million bla bla bla I earn 50k.a year and usually only spend around £1000 a month I've no idea why some people need so much money or what they actually spend it on

@openmind5973 2 месяца назад

Nice one. A key point I took from this was, 'particularly a healthy life.' That is so important. No good having loads of cash if you aren't physically or mentally able to truly enjoy it.

@dawnmartyne 6 месяцев назад

This is what I did. I went part-time with my career at 55 yrs old..coasting into retirement. No need to save anymore , no need to withdraw from pot or if I do, very little.. I works for me..I'm 58 currently..

@JamesShack 6 месяцев назад

Great stuff Dawn. Thank you for sharing!

@dard683 6 месяцев назад

hi Id like.ro hear what.types of jobs you looked at

@davidwasilewski 6 месяцев назад

This is my plan too. 3 years to go!

@dawnmartyne 6 месяцев назад

@dard683 I'm a freelance hairdresser so cut down on my clients. Just do the few I really like.

@markdavis2097 6 месяцев назад

Your best video yet James👏👏👏you have so struck a cord with my 52yr old self. Third time watching and your words and statements are ringing in my ears and brain. I am one of those always chasing the next dollar or the next step up thinking that next bit will be better or clearer future pathway. Well done JS❤great advice

@lrac111 6 месяцев назад

I retired at 55yrs old with less than half that amount, with my tiny works pension and other investments and interest I can live OK. I don't have loads of money but can do everything I want and I would class myself extremely wealthy in LIFE because stopping being on the hamster wheel paying thousands in tax and enjoying life feels unbelievable, its like a dream and this next year my partner is retiring

@lrac111 2 месяца назад

@@GlobRes I'm spending around 1.5k to 2k a month

@nimblegoat 2 месяца назад

I retired over 2 years ago at 57 , was going to retire at 60, but Covid affected my business big time, so called it early. If it was only me could have retired much much earlier, but as sole breadwinner, family etc not so easy. In my country won't get pension till 65, and that we be just extra money. Currently just living off investment income . My wife now has a small business with a little bit of income . Will realise some more money at about end of this year, which though will invest as still 50% of money currently invested , it will be for travel, fun stuff. I think being modest helps big time , don't need a big house , more rates, insurance and assoc. costs, don't need an expensive car or cars , enjoy biking to gym . I think freedom was also paying off mortgage early , as then any income would mostly be enough. It's fun going to markets getting good quality fruit and veg for good prices and taking time to cook. When I was a student at Uni in the 80s we weren't rich, but still lots of happiness. I spent 11 years travelling the world when younger dirt cheap as well. The amount of money needed to have a good life is over-rated . My family will still get that investment capital and my house when I kick it. But still need enough for health , vet , to fix roof , get a quick flight etc

@alastairkeith8553 6 месяцев назад

James - cracking video - I can relate to this so much - you work hard to get to the top only to find it’s not a sustainable place to be. I decided to have a life over a lifestyle and cut my expenditure to suit using the money I had available.

@JamesShack 6 месяцев назад

I'm glad to hear you've made that realisation and been able to make changes.

@chuckmurray1825 6 месяцев назад

Wow! James, this is right on point for me. I'm at that stage as well. I've already retired from 30 years in law and then went back to work full time in property management because I got bored and got an offer I couldn't turn down. Now I'm thinking that I need to cut back to about 16 to 20 hours of work a week with enough freedom to travel when I want to take a trip. I also need more time for the gym and a reduction in stress. I've been told by my current employer and one other that they want me to work with them as long as I want to work and in whatever capacity I choose so I'm going to put that to the test at the end of next year. I think I'm going to transition into full retirement slowly. I'm too active to just not do something productive but I don't want the level of obligation and stress I'm currently carrying. I think that as long as I have good health, I will want to work in some capacity. Also, the extra income will allow me to coast without taking deductions from my retirement account except for overseas travel. I might be hitting you up again for good places to eat in my next trip to London.

@davidt208 6 месяцев назад

Oh my god, this video plays like it was made for me - and my wife would doubtless be delighted to know that I've watched something like this. The conversations you have with your clients makes your role sound like it's half financial planner, half therapist! It also makes me wish I had followed a career path towards being a financial planner instead of taking a similar route to John the CTO.

@JamesShack 6 месяцев назад

It is. The output of a good financial planner should not be a return or a tax saving, although those things are part of it. The output should be the client living the most fulfilling life that they can. So we have lots of conversations like this!

@alyvisram41 6 месяцев назад

So insightful - thanks for sharing James!

@navigatornick 6 месяцев назад

Excellent framing of the financial pressures on the work-life balance relationship. I had my retirement activities set up before I left the business world and was able to negotiate a 3 day week for my final year while I brought on my replacement. Kept the money coming and made the transition super easy. Really enjoy your videos James

@edwardhughes1075 6 месяцев назад

This has really struck a chord with me James - great video, alternative thinking about leading into retirement, exploring more than the obvious options.

@OneAndOnlyMe 5 месяцев назад

That is what happened to me (also in IT). Was pushed and promoted into management and I hated it, everyday the first and last thoughts were work related. I switched back to a non-management senior role that I was much happier in. My plan is to retirement and occasionally contract to fill the time in between travel and relaxation.

@atul9380 6 месяцев назад

This is a great video. It also highlights the importance of having good offensive (making money) and defensive (preserving wealth) strategies when it comes to retirement as well as your goals which are personal to you

@bjorn2625 6 месяцев назад

Of all the great videos you've done James, this one is the most thought-provoking. "You need to retire TO something" is a great way of looking at it; as a transition, not a threshold.

@roberthodgson3574 6 месяцев назад

Excellent video, good combination of graphics and voice, more please James!

@ChrisShawUK 6 месяцев назад

Yep, spot on. I stopped four years ago aged 51 after a 29 year career. I now have embarked upon what I hope will be my second 30 year career. I volunteer on 5-6 nature recovery projects (a totally new area for me). This has given me purpose, structure and identity. I can't imagine living any other way. I have a bigger pot than your couple, but my expenses are way, way lower. I literally can't think of anything to spend money on beyond essentials. If you find your passion you don't need to spend £5k a month.

@grantross1360 6 месяцев назад

Wonderful video, James. Currently going through this crossroad and it’s really helped with framing. Thank you.

@user-lx6pk9os2d 6 месяцев назад

People are bonkers. Retire as soon as you can. Sell the house, downsize. Bank £500k. Don't spend £5k a month, be a bit more sensible! And yes - I retired at 50 by doing this. I'll tell you what success looks like - getting up and doing whatever you want without having to answer to anyone. Forget the holidays - you soon get bored of them anyway! If you really want to do something, maybe look at NED roles?

@porschecarreras992cabriole8 6 месяцев назад

Changing your lifestyle to accommodate your pension pot does not suit everybody! To me this is failure! You just gave up on life on the skills you went to university to get and then did you postgraduate as well. Unless the job is not of professional capacity.

@ChrisShawUK 6 месяцев назад

I did the same at age 51. Allocating my own time is the most important asset I have. My life now is way, way richer than when I worked. None of the things I do during the day involve spending a dime (except a bit of petrol). It's not like I don't have resources ... I could easily spend 3x what I do at the moment. I just can't think of anything to spend it on though so I just let it compound while I enjoy my days on my local projects.

@jamesfraser1622 6 месяцев назад

I was thinking the same. Who is spending 5k a month (not including standard bills)?

@user-lx6pk9os2d 6 месяцев назад

@@ChrisShawUK I think the difference is not trying to impress anyone and realising "success" isn't a pile of pointless toys.

@user-lx6pk9os2d 6 месяцев назад

@@porschecarreras992cabriole8 You're just not there yet. I found my attitude changed dramatically in my 40's as I watched people "ahead" of me collapse with stress, heart attacks, divorce, burnout. And watched them get replaced as though they never existed - sometimes by me. All for what?

@RJC10101 6 месяцев назад

Wow! Their expenses are colossal.. The most I ever earned was £80k and I retired last year at 41 with > £1.5m. The key is being sensible with your expenditure and investments. People always seem to be too keen to keep up with the Jones’s and being extravagant and that is what keeps them a slave to the system regardless of how much money they earn. So many people succumb to lifestyle inflation

@stevegeek 6 месяцев назад

Haha...exactly what I was thinking. I didn't understand the bit about £10k / year for kids to go to Uni. Do they not know about student loans?! No way I was going to stump up for that.

@pilkers745 6 месяцев назад

How much did you inherit ?

@xxwookey 6 месяцев назад

A money moustache acolyte. I agree this is the right approach. I have no idea how I would go about spending 5K month! It's very hard to spend a lot of money without having an unreasonably large carbon footprint.

@dubsdolby9437 6 месяцев назад

Yes, why do people load themselves with financial burdens🤔 intellect and intelligence are 2 different things . Seems the guy is obsessed with work and status. 🙄

@jocar-1735 6 месяцев назад

A £1.5M "pot" after around only 20yrs work in a PAYE income job given pension and isa annual input limits is quite impressive and would require an investment return far in excess of the long term stock market average. Since a pension has an age related access point, substantial monies would be required from other sources to retire at age early 40's. Government statistics indicate only one UK ISA millionaire in their 40's, this being most probably through investment luck being in the right place at the right time. The average age of a UK ISA millionaire is in the mid 70's this reflects the amount of investment time and compounded retuns required to attain a pot of that magnitude.

@daviddean6032 6 месяцев назад

You're wonderful, James Shack! Thank you.

@truthseeker8524 6 месяцев назад

"You need to retire to something" wise words and something that a lot of people don't factor in when starting their retirement journey. It is critical.

@owensmith7530 6 месяцев назад

I haven't worked that part out yet, and I'm 57 so behind on it really.

@nocathedral 6 месяцев назад

Each to their own I suppose, but I struggle to work out what a retired couple plan to spend £5k a month on without a mortgage and *before* their £10k travel budget..

@anthonymiller6234 3 месяца назад

Excellent video James. I'm planning on retiring in about 7-8 years and I'm putting in place the necessary steps now in order to do this, but I think you nailed it for me with the comments about working on the things that are important to you - that really resonated with me. Thanks

@garyr1522 6 месяцев назад

Fantastic advice, and food for thought indeed

@ThermoMan 6 месяцев назад

Excellent video. So many good points. My take away is the need to retire “to” something. I think I have a financial plan but not so much what I’m going to spend my time on.

@pistopit7142 6 месяцев назад

For me the 'to' part is to play video games.

@leighgoodwin1726 6 месяцев назад

Very good blog. “Downsizing” job wise is quite difficult for many professionals though. If can go part time that’s usually the easiest way. Keep status (let’s face it, important for guys in this category) but hopefully not the stress!

@davem.4003 6 месяцев назад

Going part-time can also be very difficult unless you are able to control your own work volume. You can easily end up with compressed hours, or less pay for the same work.

@nicobass1966 6 месяцев назад

Love this advise, many thanks

@1962gms 6 месяцев назад

Nicely done and great advice for many of us.

@robinkeck9950 6 месяцев назад

Fantastic clip. Particularly the point about partners holding us to account.

@julianadkins2167 6 месяцев назад

Wow! Very powerful. Excellent video

@parkmantle489 6 месяцев назад

Good video James, I can relate to this! I had a senior position with plenty of responsibility and a big team for a number of years but decided to stop in 2015 due to not enjoying the corporate culture and the associated pressure. However, it was too early to retire (I was 53 at the time) and so after taking the summer off that year I decided to look for another role and joined another corporate but with much less responsibility and carried on working until May this year when I left that world for good. I’m now 61, have a pension a little bigger than your example and intend to do 2/3 days a week consultancy from the beginning of next year and stop completely and start drawing down on my pension from 2025. I’ll then make of the most of the years I have left whilst I am (hopefully) still fit and healthy. It’s always difficult to know when you have enough pension/capital to stop completely. It’s almost like you never have enough!

@jerry680 6 месяцев назад

Absolutely brilliant video. I pretty much did this, moving from a director role to a zero hours contract consultant with the same company. It has to work for the company as well, which it does. Best thing I have ever done.

@simonwl 6 месяцев назад

£5K a month on general expenses! That's quite some lifestyle!!

@hitchjack 6 месяцев назад

Not including mortgage either!

@ADHDNurse79 6 месяцев назад

Wow this is another world 😮

@tubemunkytoast7760 6 месяцев назад

Easy to get through if you live in the South East!

@grahambriggs8338 6 месяцев назад

Two nice "CTO level" cars on HP is £2k+ straight off the bat (perhaps they get a good deal from work of course). Then the power bills for a £1.4m house. Downsizing the car is often the most sensible way to retire earlier.

@andrewm9484 6 месяцев назад

Caviar has never been cheap.

@dogzbollocks8379 4 месяца назад

Brilliant video and the content of which resonates with me. Thanks James 👍

@StepDub 6 месяцев назад

At fifty, my retirement prospects were dismal, and retirement was compulsory at 60. So I just kept working. It hasn’t all been rosy, and I’ve had to jump ship a couple of times in the interim, but I’m still sharp, happy and ready now for when I’ll have to stop. Much better than eking out an idle existence and feigning happiness.

@aiittogether 6 месяцев назад

good video, a real eye opener. didnt think about this until now

@joey009100 6 месяцев назад

Excellent episode James I think you just changed my life

@mcconchied 6 месяцев назад

Brilliant video! I wish this had been available a year ago when I was working through a similar situation on my own. For me the hardest part was not the financial maths, it was/is the psychological shift. If you have been a career striver for decades and your career success is a core part of your identity, it is hard to let that go and pursue a different path and cultivate a new identity. I would strongly encourage people to think about what success is for them (rather than pursuing societies definition of success) and lay the groundwork ahead of time to make this transition easier. I was totally unprepared when I unexpectedly found myself in this situation and I am not ashamed to say that I struggled with the loss of identity and deciding what to do next. The other part that is tricky is feeling comfortable that you have enough. It is very tempting to keep moving the goal posts to give yourself greater comfort (bigger budget or more contingency) but I suspect that comfort may be illusory. Thank you James.

@ChrisShawUK 6 месяцев назад

Yes, replacing structure, identity and purpose after you stop working is way harder than replacing the income. It took me a good 2.5 years after stopping work and now I have moulded the most fabulous lifestyle I could imagine.

@terrybrown3486 6 месяцев назад

@@ChrisShawUKlove to know more about what you did. Feeling the same fear and thinking of retiring at 55 and 53 now.

@ChrisShawUK 6 месяцев назад

@@terrybrown3486 it's obviously different for everyone. I have 5-6 nature recovery projects that I volunteer on across the Cotswolds. That means I have a minimum of three days in my diary each week (more if I wanted). I also have three projects in my local town that I organise. But I built up to that over the last four years. I started with one thing, totally out the blue (wildflower meadow restoration). Not working means you can allocate time exactly as you choose. I'm as careful as I can be to do that. You'll find your own thing as soon as you have the freedom of time to explore. You don't need to figure it out now! (In fact I can pretty much guarantee that you'll find new passions)

@CrappyProducts 6 месяцев назад

That is my main problem, it's really not the money, I'm a simple person, but the loss of career strive and success, I don't really know if I'd cope with it well

@ChrisShawUK 6 месяцев назад

@@CrappyProducts what I found was that all the status I had accumulated during my career just evaporated the moment I stopped work. I realised that no-one actually cares about your job once you don't have it. So now I get purpose and identity from the community projects which I decide I want to do. There are literally hundreds of them in the area where you live, you just can't see them when you're working.

@timpeach4518 6 месяцев назад

Great video as always James👍

@JamesShack 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@jassonsw 6 месяцев назад

They could also retire immediately by selling their property and downsizing. If they sold their 1.4million house, bought a two bedroomed flat for about 600-800k and banked the remaining 600-800k that would work.

@DKNW62 6 месяцев назад

Great comprehensive video James and very topical, another option for this guy maybe to change perspective on stress, if your financially secure and your not quite so dependant is empowering and may allow him to stay earning big bucks for a little longer. Stepping down is also far from easy, I found that jobs are very polarised good career in your profession or min wage. But on all points your spot on I would say,

@latorregolf 2 месяца назад

I live in UK and my personal rate of price inflation over last 3-4 years is 12-18%. Anything to do with running a car, decent food/restaurants, dentist visits, fees for this or that, etc. That's a pretty high bar of currency depreciation and don't see it coming down anytime soon

@MrDuncl 6 месяцев назад

My Father got fed up with having to outsource work from the large engineering company he worked for and managed to get "early retirement" at 59. The companies he was outsourcing to then started offering him consultancy work. He did that until he was 70. He said that a big benefit was being able to choose which contracts he worked on. Being a railway enthusiast it was no surprise when he got the chance to work on the design of a real railway train (Networker) he jumped at the chance. I still have the Hornby model that was made of it.

@terryjones9987 2 месяца назад

Watching your videos is like NLP, I'm just about to reach 55 and trying to sort my next ten years. You are helping more than you can imagine

@peternoble4172 6 месяцев назад

Lots of great psychology here. Brilliant 👏

@stevegeek 6 месяцев назад

This was close to home. I worked in a well paid management role for the last 18 years but didn't really enjoy it. Turning 55 this year, I looked at my finances and realized that if I was careful with my money, I no longer needed to be part of the rat race. 2 weeks ago I left my job and it has been like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders. I may take on some part time work at some point next year, doing something without too much stress, but for now I'm just enjoying the time, being with my family and doing things I like. Having a fat paycheck each month is nice, but it doesn't always bring happiness. I'd 100% recommend early retirement if you can do it. It's funny how different people react when they find out...some are happy for me, others think I'm crazy. My father-in-law is unimpressed, although he hasn't said so directly it's obvious from his reaction. I guess he's worried that I won't be able to provide for the family, but he doesn't know about our finances and I'm not going to tell him.

@warrenthorp 6 месяцев назад

Some people think it’s ‘odd’ (because you’re too young), some people think you’re lazy (stop WORK?!) and some people, I have found, seem to be jealous.

@stevegeek 6 месяцев назад

@@warrenthorp Yes, it's interesting seeing people's reactions. I'm not bothered what others think.

@warrenthorp 6 месяцев назад

@@stevegeek me neither. In fact it amuses me if anything

@n.s.5278 5 месяцев назад

I'm an academic and l don't plan to retire until I'm 75 in 2050

@sweetsweet3753 4 месяца назад

nice one. i retired at 42 (now 56) but never indulge anything about my finances to anyone and i live a very humble life (do i have a lot of money or not? who knows - who cares as i never talk about it/reference it). i was recently back home on holiday (lived overseas for 33 years) and friends/family were kinda dropping into the conversation what they maybe owned/earnt etc which i found weird as none of that is important to me nor should what i have/have not be important to them. people certainly are strange...

@jocar-1735 6 месяцев назад

Not so much a financial advice video, but more of a be careful what you wish for in terms of a career video. I decided that climbing the slippery career ladder beyond a certain point was just not worth it given the additional stress, higher levels of taxation and especially since the company I worked for stopped the DB pension scheme, so a higher salary would not be reflected every year in a pension at retirement. I retired at age 55. Best decision I have ever made. You can't buy time. If however, you enjoy your line of work and want to work as long as you can then carry on, that is your choice.

@aro-rat 6 месяцев назад

Exceptional video

@tomwestcott4036 6 месяцев назад

Hi James. Could you please do a video covering DB pensions, their pros and cons etc. And how to best plan for retirement using these along side private pensions. I think this would be very useful for millions of public sector workers in nhs, police, civil service, and the armed forces. Keep up the good work as always Cheers

@davidjcallen 6 месяцев назад

I'd really like to watch a video on DB pensions. The options are perplexing.

@kw8757 6 месяцев назад

Are there any cons to having a DB pension? Mmmmm...I can't think of a downside to having a guaranteed income for life.

@tomwestcott4036 6 месяцев назад

@kw8757 I can't take my pension until state pension age of 68 (maybe 70 by the time I get there) without paying a huge penalty. Sounds like a con to me. All I'm saying is it's a big topic which effects millions of people in the uk. james hasn't addressed the topic on his channel, and I would love to hear his perspective

@nocathedral 6 месяцев назад

@@kw8757 They are usually index-linked, so my two small pensions worth about £6000/year will only ever be worth that in terms of spending power, whereas you'd expect an equivalent lump sum in a DC pension to grow much more over a long timeframe. Still, it's nice to know that I have that solid baseline guaranteed income in retirement and now I can work on building up a DC pot over the next couple of decades.

@kw8757 6 месяцев назад

@@nocathedral There’s no guarantee of a DC lump sum growing, so it’s good to have both the guaranteed income and the anticipated income of a personal pension, probably unwise to even assume you’re even going to get a state pension so it’s good to have multiple income sources.

@mkdons22 6 месяцев назад

Wow those guys have a massively monthly expenditure. Im so glad my hobbies and interests are literally free activities. All i need is a campervan my surfboard and my health and happy retirement for me

@Paulie44 6 месяцев назад

You must be loaded! Have you seen the price of campervans since 2020? VW California now approximately £80k 😱

@mkdons22 6 месяцев назад

@@Paulie44 Only an idiot would buy a new one. Rip off those are. Mines 10 years old

@stephenk0nig252 6 месяцев назад

Wise words James.

@eddied112 5 месяцев назад

Another great video - and others have observed, this is more about life choices than investment and definitely something we should all think about. The mindset in this country (and much of the west) is definitely about career first, sacrifice and then retire - but to what? Some great points in this video, James. I can also recommend the book 'Die with Zero', which elaborates on some of the ideas here.

@adrianellis2433 6 месяцев назад

If I had that kind of money I’d be gone like the Darkness at Dawn

@wallace-bv4rl 6 месяцев назад

I’ve been lucky. My best job and main pension was gathered by 40. Subsequent kicks in the nuts (redundancy etc) enforced a sensible lifestyle (what a shame!). However my pension ended up massive v my income so I stopped at 54. Great silver lining and I’m very grateful

@antonyjscott1 6 месяцев назад

So many parallels for me in this one, I'm a little behind John & Jess, but fortunately I have already come to the same realisation as John. I like to build stuff and would like to continue doing that to (a) keep my mind active and (b) work on things I am interested in and/or will leave the world a little better than when I arrived.

@kevinoxley7488 6 месяцев назад

Great video as always James. I am happy to work as hard as I can between 50 and 60 to grow my pension pot, knowing that if anything happens to me, I can pass on to my kids with no inheritance tax to pay, which is probably the best chance they will have to get on the housing ladder. The only downside is, depending on who is in government at the time when I retire, there could be a lot of tax to pay if they reintroduce a maximum pension pot allowance. I suspect it is all going to come down to timing and investment returns.

@MrAndrewjdavis 6 месяцев назад

"no inheritance tax to pay" any drawdown will be at their marginal tax rate though, which may well be 40% so the same as inheritance tax. There is no easy way to avoid tax!

@kevinoxley7488 6 месяцев назад

@@MrAndrewjdavis As I understand it, pensions sit outside of your estate, so if I leave my pension to my children, they will have the option to take as a lump sum with inheritance no tax to pay.

@Sx-xy2zi 6 месяцев назад

This was very interesting. How do I do the same without involving interest and how much to make the initial figure

@davidclancy1876 6 месяцев назад

Thanks James, a great video that confirms my decision to start to work less in the new year!

@mattroguesmith 6 месяцев назад

Don’t wait like I did. Just when I was near the point where I was ready to retire early (at 53), I was diagnosed with two major medical problems. If you can engineer yourself an early retirement - do it…

@lilsaint91 6 месяцев назад

53 is early...

@fuzzblightyear145 6 месяцев назад

sorry to hear that mate, hope it's fixable. that's the problem isn;t it, you just don't know what's coming in the future. You can make all these plans for the future then something unexpected happens.

@mattroguesmith 6 месяцев назад

@@fuzzblightyear145 Thanks for the kind reply - not fixable, but I’d love others to cease the moment. I appreciate you taking the time to reply. Happy new year!

@Shortcuts2185 4 месяца назад

I retired last week at 55. I will miss what did in the IT field but just couldn't keep working 60 plus hours a week. So sorry about your bad news. I has lost 6 co-workers in the 28 years at my company that never got the chance to feel life outside of work. I decided that was not going to be me so I pulled the trigger and it feels great.

@mikeh9882 2 месяца назад

James, this is a really good explanation. One other option was that John could benefit from some work/life coaching to help him re-frame his role as a CTO and how he deals with the stress of that position. Thanks!

@blahmaas 6 месяцев назад

Jesus Christ, John's life sounds like mine right now. Great video as always James.

@seannash6384 6 месяцев назад

Great Video again James. I'm a fair bit away from retiring but find your strategies very convincing. One thing I cannot get an answer to is fund picks /Allocation. Right now I'm in a high risk all equities fund and Have a decent amount in it but I'm wondering do I halt contributions into it and direct my pension contributions to another high risk fund such as alternative energy funds. Does this give me any type of diversification despite the fact its all classed as high risk.

@jocar-1735 6 месяцев назад

Have a look at a global ETF with quality bias such as JP Morgan Global Growth and Income. You can't really do much better over the long term investment horizon this being time in the market at low cost. Anything else to obtain a better return will be timing the market and as such any higher gain will be short lived before mean reversion occurs.

@MrDuncl 6 месяцев назад

Warren Buffett recommends simple low cost trackers despite running a very successful investment company himself.

@grahambriggs8338 6 месяцев назад

I think from an IT perspective, getting a nice overwinter contractor role just developing code, and having the summer off, would be ideal, once you can live on half a year's salary. It might be something I move onto from 55ish, perhaps 3/4 of a year of work and lots of time off to start. The issue is the mortgage having just moved, and I'm kinda hoping to "inflate those payments down in real terms" to rapidly pay it off in a decade, but nothing is guaranteed. Also the pension needs some work in the next ten years, it's not bad, but it's not 600k like this case!

@MrDuncl 6 месяцев назад

In the early 1990s software contractors where I worked were still bemoaning the loss of earnings linked unemployment benefit explaining that it meant they didn't have to work through the summer.

@skylineuk1485 6 месяцев назад

I had this discussion with a few friends and it’s a shocker for them realising they can’t actually just step away from work and still have the lifestyle they have now. It’s doable with either not being crazy on the lifestyle front, or as you said and I told them get a part-time job you enjoy as it’s better for your health anyhow. Someone else just stepped back from working and lived off the interest alone from a substantially large bank account at 6% interest without touching the initial base account money.

@Underdog40 4 месяца назад

Great video. So many people so unhappy in ‘prestigious’ jobs. I used to make 4X what I do now, but not nearly as I am happy today. Plan your savings well > don’t take on debt (unless you have too) and focus on what you’re passionate about.

@benhall8152 6 месяцев назад

Great video. Kinda bonkers how tapering invectivizes people away from high paying jobs

@JamesShack 6 месяцев назад

The craziest thing was last year when Doctors were leaving work or reducing hours because they were getting handed huge tax bills for overcontributing to their NHS DB pensions. £40,000 was the annual limit, but because their DB pensions got uplifted by inflation, it started tipping people over the allowance. That's why they increased the maximum allowances to £60k and tapering has now moved up to start at £260,000 and cap out at £360,000.

@sweetsweet3753 4 месяца назад

i had a retirement plan i put together myself when i was 29. i retired at 42. now 56. got there by working / hard / smart and not being a silly consumer and making my money work for me as i worked for my money. i am contented (and a bit of a tight arse lol) . i just got back last week from my home country after my last visit 10years away (left 33 years ago though to work overseas) and so disappointing on how many old friends/family in their 50s still working and have NO plan (but most have some weight and health issues). ... its not hard to learn or implement. i think < 5% have a plan. weird!! i think one of my lucky differentiators is that i have always kept my hobbies - i play a lot of sport (trail run / cycle / swim / tennis etc) and i love adventure travel and as i lost control of my time (career overdose) my need for more hobby time became key. folks i spoke to back home couldnt list what activities they still do or would do in retirement other than "the garden". fxxk me!!!

@conorturton 6 месяцев назад

Agency work fills all the boxes. I drive lorries, the average working week in the job UK is 55hrs, the maximum is 84hrs. I got sick of that a long time ago so I signed up to agencies. The one I'm at has a client that books on a daily basis and because its the market leader in it's sector and a FTSE250 company there's pretty much work every day if I want it. So what happens for me is I get a text on Monday asking me for my availability the next week, I tell them what I want to do. Then daily for the days I'm available I get texts offering me work for the next day so even if I've said I'm available for that day I can still say no if I don't want to work.

@deano3580 6 месяцев назад

Really good video. Just a small question. Has the LTA limit been scrapped now? Some older guys with healthy DB balances might not have had the option in the past to salary sacrifice to such an extent as it could quickly push them over the LTA.

@JamesShack 6 месяцев назад

The LTA charge has been scrapped.

@lawsonium 6 месяцев назад

Hi James. I reached out to you via your website a couple of weeks ago but as yet, haven't had a reply. I appreciate you are a busy man and are recieving a lot of requests lately but I really could do with a conversation on my situation/predicament. If you could let me know how to engage with you, I'd really appreciate it. Regards.

@andrewcarter7503 6 месяцев назад

There's an interesting point here regarding what a top job can demand of someone and what it takes out of you. And a £200k salary is great but not indicative of a top, top job. It's been said that those top jobs demand 100% dedication to the job, to the exclusion of many other things in life and also an almost sociopathic personality so that you don't dwell on tough decisions that can affect other people's lives or let those tough decisions affect you. There aren't that many people who have those traits.

@MrDuncl 6 месяцев назад

There seem to be plenty who think they have. Where I work one guy rose to CEO, "right-sized" the company then left under a cloud just two years later. Six years on we are still seeing the adverse effects of his brief tenure.

@ttrjw 5 месяцев назад

Your spreadsheet is a good starter here - gives a rough order of magnitude in terms of decisions...

@iainsear7830 2 месяца назад

Good commentary, having had many roles, I would caution here, just because a role is less senior does not mean it is easier or less stressful. Its is entirely dependent on the role, your colleagues, company culture etc. I've discovered this the hard way, 80% pay cut resulting in 100% more stress, the same assumptions that roles in the public sector will be easier than in cut and thrust of commercial environment Ive found to be unreliable. My advice would be to look at other similar roles, consider non executive director roles and invest in himself, work on delegation skills and ask for help, if John is struggling many companies will support you in redesigning your role. Lots of options.

@Simonpocarroll 6 месяцев назад

Thanks James, a very timely video. I’m in a roughly similar (ish) position, except I’m being made redundant at age 55 next April and have pretty much had enough of a stressful role, but want comfort that I can make my pot last. I worry more about what products can provide the income without taking huge risks or capital drawdown. Can you offer consultation focused more on the products themselves?

@hooksforestchin 6 месяцев назад

So, just need £1m invested at 55 and then coast the last few years in an easy position with no responsibility on double the average salary. Don't know why some people think they'll never be able to retire...

@davidwasilewski 6 месяцев назад

Average salary here in the uk is around 35k. This guy is on over 5 times that. lol.

@patmanrick 6 месяцев назад

But most people aren't trying to retire on the terms that this couple are. If you aren't wanting to maintain a £1.4m house, spend £70k a year and support two kids in addition, then you can retire on much less

@stevefireblade6287 6 месяцев назад

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@kylejulius9596 6 месяцев назад

Thank you James! I love your videos.

@robinkeck9950 3 месяца назад

Great video James. One question - your example at 10 mins on the clip… why is the higher rate tax relief that they claim via their tax return only £2k? Wouldn’t it be 20% of £48k ie the difference between higher (40%) and basic rate (20%) tax? Thanks for all your generous advice… it really helps.

@sir-chat-a-lot 6 месяцев назад

I had an almost identical conversation with one of your colleagues earlier today … sadly not with the same sized portfolio, 😊 but the themes are consistent. After landing a CEO role I’ve got more of what others want and less of what I enjoy. Time to plan an orderly, early exit

@grahammills5707 6 месяцев назад

I really think (hope) this video will help some people as it is so true. I have taken a similar path when I hit a crossroads where I had a heavy hitting opportunity on one path or a small backwards step on the other - feeling burnt out I opted for backwards step and have not looked back - I now have a life outside of work. The only other opportunity I did not take full advantage of was realising the full efficiency of salary sacrifice, but got there in the end. Great video James as ever!

@Crazy_Ivan-UK 6 месяцев назад

Great video James, great timing too. I think one of the hardest things for me will be changing my mindset from saving for my retirement to spending what has been put away for it. My father was always very prudent during his working career but never felt comfortable spending what he had saved all those years for. I wish he had.

@jocar-1735 6 месяцев назад

A DC pension pot drawdown strategy such as Guyton Klinger methodology helped me to switch over to spending in the decummulation phase without worrying about drawing down too much. Lots of information on Google about the background to this which provides for a dynamic maximum annual pension drawdown. Spent it sensibly, time is running out !

@Underdog40 4 месяца назад

@james - surely one thing your missing is the option of equity release of their property? If they have 2 years left of their mortgage they are 95% paid off. A modest £50k a year withdrawn from the house to supplement income will be outperformed by the value appreciation of their house? Wdyt?

@continuousself-improvement1879 6 месяцев назад

I also would like to have this problem. 😅

@NickForest999 3 месяца назад

His CV with a CTO role as the headline means he’d be able to find consultancy work or part time, maybe even a non-exec post or two on a couple of boards and most likely earn more than £60k for no more than a couple of days work a week. That’s what I did at 60… I didn’t want to completely stop work but as CCO I’d run out of steam after many years in the job. Had an open and frank discussion with my board colleagues and they were happy to accommodate me for a couple of days a week, help bed in a new CCO and lend support around the business where needed. Don’t underestimate a lifetime of work experience, it has a value and employers are often willing to flex to keep that access to knowledge available.

@Leebobs1983 6 месяцев назад

I find these videos exceptionally interesting. Both a financial adviser and a lifestyle coach... also making tax planning seem simple.

@MavericAvi8or Месяц назад

This is amazingly similar to my actual situation. I literally ‘retired’ from a position like this 2 years ago. I’ve had a blast, helping entrepreneurs, the local tech community and last year, fell into teaching a single course at the local Polytechnic. I basically cover the shortfall between our expenses and my wife’s income (She loves her career) which allows us to sustain our lifestyle without touching our retirement investments. So our nest egg continues to grow, increasing the likelihood of never running out of money when we retire completely. I am much happier, and apparently easier to live 😊. For us, this is the perfect way to retire when you still have school age children.

@user-yl4st7wi5w 6 месяцев назад

should go contracting. He can earn in IT £500 to £800 a day and then flexibility to have breaks. Generally after 50 if you have alot of experience and skills and are not interested in management, share options and big payoffs its much better to go consulting/contracting as you earn more per day and can have breaks between contracts, no people to manage and you can stay out of the politics, and you get variety working for different companies (good and bad -)). in last 15 years I have worked at 17 different companies on contract. Ofcourse it helps to live in London and be an hour commute to a large number of potential clients but with WFH now its possible to do 3 days home and 2 days in a company office further from home -)

@Divyv520 6 месяцев назад

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@neilb8822 6 месяцев назад

Great video and in terms of job satisfaction being 55 with kids yet to go to university or do an apprenticeship I felt it talked to me. My issue is working out how to get over mindset of ‘golden handcuffs’, with unsatisfying mgmt role, redundancy ever a threat but have v generous package which would mean me throwing away 2 years salary and shares if I left of my own volition. Be great to see an analysis of ‘golden handcuffs’ situation.

@thepropertyflipper 6 месяцев назад

Similar situation - major expenses still to come - both kids in Uni for next 3 years at £180pw accom each to pay, but nearing 57 and want to go at 60. I think at my age you start to assess what's important in life.

@jocar-1735 6 месяцев назад

With such an enhanced redundancy package which is after all designed to make you stay working at that company rather than leave, my experience of watching this situation over many years is that you will need to be either very lucky or a very "naughty boy" to get the enhanced redundancy package. Probably best to set a retirement financial target / age and stick to that, the earlier the better but likely dependant on finances ? I opted for the "naughty boy" approach in my planned last year of work as I had reached my financial target. This worked a treat as I upset enough senior executives to be made redundant 2 months before my 55th birthday. Mission accomplished 😊 Retired happy, never looked back.

@MrDuncl 6 месяцев назад

@@jocar-1735 I have seen the very lucky. The top engineer in our department got paid 18 months money to retire two years early. Of course to the HR people on another site he was just a number on a spreadsheet aiming towards their "right sizing" target.

@jocar-1735 6 месяцев назад

@@MrDuncl I have also seen the very lucky. These persons tend to be well known by and well liked by HR department and company management and are rewarded by enhanced redundancy only a few months before normal retirement date.

@MrDuncl 6 месяцев назад

@@jocar-1735 In contrast, at a different company, I saw the very unlucky. A married couple who asked HR about early retirement and were told "just sign this form". Before they had even left the same HR department announced a big wave of voluntary redundancies, but said couple were told you can't apply as you have already said you are leaving. Between the two of them I reckon they missed out on £100000 in redundancy money. Someone else mentioned "Golden Handcuffs". Mine are a DB pension scheme worth 30% of my pay and the potential for the traditional 68 weeks redundancy payoff.

@nicke6394 Месяц назад

OMG I’ve just listened to a complete facsimile of my working and home life. I decided to retire at 56 for exactly the same reasons. My wife was worried I’d be dead by 60 due to the stress of running my own business.

@gambiarran419 6 месяцев назад

I retired at 40 with 1M. My plan was 50k per annum, as I had also purchased a duplex condo in Turkey, so we retired there. 1 year later, my wife (10 years younger than me) announced she was pregnant! I am now back in the UK and working part-time from home to keep my option open in 10 years when my kid is 18/19 we shall see:)

@sak079 5 месяцев назад

How did you make 1m by 40? Impressive.

@cloggsy1971 6 месяцев назад

Retirement planning - I am 52. I currently have a company pension, into which I contribute 5% & my company contributes 3%. Having looked into it, it isn’t going to be worth an awful lot when I come to retire aged 65. Am I better increasing the amount I pay into my pension to anywhere between 21 to 25% (the company are supposed to be increasing their amount to 8% in the new year), or would I be better off opening the likes of a Stocks and Shares ISA and putting the additional amount into that? I know I get the tax and National Insurance relief if I pay into the pension at source, but I am just wondering what would give me the best return for retirement? Thanks in advance 👍🏻

@MrDuncl 6 месяцев назад

It depends on when you think you will want to access the money. I decided at that age there was no way I intended paying higher rate tax so my contributions into the pension scheme are calculated according to that.

@davidbrett2117 4 месяца назад

What are the assumptions you use for these models ? eg Inflation on outgoings/living costs and Investment returns ? It’s a good well presented video but without knowing the assumption you use in your model hard to gauge how good the advice is.

@openmind5973 2 месяца назад

2.5% CPI and 6% return in a growth-type fund. EDIT: I assume that's 6% after tax and fees.

@Themanincumbent 6 месяцев назад

You don’t retire. You buy your freedom.

@chrisharris4223 6 месяцев назад

Nice video James with some great points on priorities. Coast FI is really interesting and something I hope to adopt. My wife and I are working very hard right now and investing a lot but I don’t always want to do this. I think we will take our foot off the gas probably 5 years before we both fully retire if everything looks good.

@MichaelATH 6 месяцев назад

I should certainly hope so, if you can’t , then I’m screwed.

@pz0lfs 6 месяцев назад

A 200k job means a whole of lot of tax to go along with the additional stress - i'd agree with ditching it and going down the consulting route via a Ltd company - 750-1000 per day achievable in the right tech space.