The Original Early Retirement Plan ~ Comfort Colors Tee

One Big Score, Then Off the Grid

The spreadsheet says 4 percent withdrawals and index funds. History offers a faster route involving one very large ship and a permanent change of address. For the FIRE forum regular, the colleague who left at 52 and went quiet, and the finance friend who jokes about one good year too seriously.

• Historically Verified: Henry Every and the Fancy took the Mughal treasure ship Ganj-i-Sawai on 7 September 1695 on the Mocha-to-Surat route; Every vanished after 1696, was never captured, and his fate is unknown.
• Retirement Party Gift: For the one who hit the number and did not stay for the cake.
• Portfolio Humor: Pairs with a compound-interest chart and a mysterious forwarding address.