A man who stopped working at 34 shares the hardest part of preparing to retire early

Courtesy of the Mad Fientist. On August 1, 2016, Brandon officially retired. The 34-year-old software developer and blogger behind the Mad Fientist -- who doesn't use his last name online for privacy reasons -- had been planning and saving to retire early for years.  While he doesn't disclose exact numbers, he says the hardest part of saving enough money to retire decades early was the opposite of what you'd expect: It was being tempted to save too much. "I'd never been a spender," Brandon tol...