Most people take decades to reach that readiness, most of them retire when they are relatively old, it's not a tradition, but there are so many things they have to do or must first prepare to create everything to sustain their lives that it takes a long time to prepare, or that means the decision to retire will only make sense if you already have many ways to survive, most people spend half of their lives preparing for this and even though they have struggled quite hard, most of them can only complete these preparations when they are old, like 50 years or more. And if you intend to retire early it means you have to work harder than the average person, when people spend 8 hours a day working it means you have to spend 16 hours or more working a day. It's a choice, if you want to and feel capable then no one will stop you.
Early retirement preparation is never that hard if you also work and save your funds early, and invest and profit early as well. But we all know it’s seldom to see these kind of people, as mostly those who retire are those who are not capable to work anymore because of their old age. Even in my country, a lot of retirees find it hard to finally retire and leave their jobs, because there won’t be fixed income anymore unlike when they still have their own jobs. Most especially for those who are not into investing, I know retiring early will never be in their bucket list.
