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The FIRE Exit
Glossary

Pension bridge

The years of an early retirement the portfolio must fund entirely on its own: from the day you stop working to the day a pension, state or private, begins to pay. The earlier the exit, the longer the bridge, and the less any far-off pension can carry today's plan.

What it means for you

Retire at 40 with a pension at 67 and the pot alone pays for 27 years. Price that bridge before you count the pension.

See it in numbersThe Pension Bridge Retire early and the pot has two jobs: carry the years before any pension alone, then cover whatever the pension doesn’t. Enter your exit, your spend and the pension you’re promised, and see the bridge, the smaller number after, and how much of the plan that far-off promise honestly carries.

Every term, in plain English, on one page: the full glossary. Education, not advice.

Bring me a challenge.

The Exit Audit, then ninety minutes: a straight verdict, real alternatives with their pros and cons, and your first move. If you want someone to nod along, I’m the wrong person to pay.

How the sessions work

Ninety minutes, online, €600. The Exit Audit included.