Can I Retire Yet?

Darrow Kirkpatrick retired early himself and started writing about the actual arithmetic of it: withdrawal rates, Social Security timing, healthcare costs before Medicare, and the psychological adjustment of living off savings instead of a paycheck.

The newsletter stays close to that personal, numbers-first approach rather than general financial cheerleading, which makes it useful for people within a few years of retiring who want someone who's actually done the math on their own situation.