I retired at 41 to spend time with my grandkids. I supplemented my income with part-time work.

• 02/05/2025, 4:10 AM
• businessinsider.com

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After more than 20 years in the British Army, I looked around and realized both kids had grown up and gotten themselves partners. Although divorced from their mom, I'd always been in their lives but had missed so much of them growing up during my service.