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Want to retire at 40? Find out how Wendy Holt did it. You can listen to the show at http://rockyourretirement.libsyn.com/wendy-holt\nDo you want to retire at Age Forty?\xa0 Wendy Holt did it!\n\nWendy Holt picked up everything and was able to retire at age 40. She downsized, moved to Costa Rica and is enjoying the retirement of her dreams.\nSo I guess that you could say that she is completely rocking it in the adventure area of retirement!\nWendy is from Los Angeles, CA, and she went from the hustle and bustle of the big city life, working over 2000 hours a year in a\nhigh-stress job to living in a 500 square foot home in the rural jungles of Costa Rica.\nWendy and her husband at the time,\xa0always wanted to retire early, but didn\u2019t know that they could retire at age 40. They had traveled a lot over the years, but they really loved Costa Rica. They decided to visit Costa Rica to just do\xa0research on the housing market with no intention of buying a home. During that trip, they ended up finding their perfect home and bought it. They went back to Los Angeles, sold their house, sold their cars, quit their jobs, and left to retire at age 40!\nWhat\u2019s happening now?\xa0 How is she Rocking her Retirement other than the fact\xa0that she lives a less stressful life?\nSocial and Family\n\n* Wendy created a social club when she first moved to Costa Rica to meet new people and make friends.\n* The marriage, however, didn\u2019t work out. Wendy says that there is a high divorce rate among expatriates, usually because one of the two likes the lifestyle more than the other.\n* Selling Real Estate in a small town helps her meet new people.\n* Running a vacation rental on her property. http://www.thevillahermosa.com/home.html helps her keep connected with visitors and also gives her the opportunity to show them the sites and charitable activities when they desire. She lets the guests decide what kind of interactivity they want with her.\xa0 Some want her to show them around, and some want privacy.\xa0 Wendy is ok with it either way.\n\nAdventure and Travel\n\n* Wendy is obviously adventurous or she wouldn\u2019t have picked up and left the work world and the home she knew to retire at age 40!\n* She can\u2019t travel as much as she used to, because of course\xa0she doesn\u2019t make the same amount of money she used to make, but she plans on taking some trips to South Africa, Madagascar, and California to visit family and friends.\n\nVolunteer and Philanthropy\n\n* Her love for nature and animals drew her to Costa Rica,\xa0and she wanted to help people and animals.\xa0 Now she does!\n* She does charity work at a wild animal rescue and has gotten to hold animals that you and I would never dream of holding!\n* She is designing and donating a website to an orphanage. http://www.lafortunaorphanage.com/\n\n* This orphanage needs your help!\xa0 If you ever go to Costa Rica, see what supplies they need and stuff a few into your suitcase!\n\n\n\nWendy is full of energy, full of life, and keeping her mind and body healthy. She is making the least amount of money she has ever made in her life but is the happiest she has ever been.\nLike Wendy says, if there\u2019s a will, there\u2019s a way and she has definitely mastered finding a way.\xa0 If you want to retire at age 40, you can do it too, but you may have to be willing to\xa0give some other things in your life up. Tim Ferris actually\xa0discussed how this in his book