{"product_id":"stop-pretending-youre-going-to-sean-johnson-9798242003378","title":"Stop Pretending You're Going To Retire Rich: The GenX Guide to Retiring Abroad on What You Actually Have","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou don't need a million dollars to retire. You need a different address. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe retirement industry is lying to you. Those calculators assume you're staying in the US, paying US prices, living a US lifestyle. They exist to sell you financial products - not to show you what's actually possible when you retire abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere's the truth: The same social security check that means poverty in Phoenix means a comfortable expat life in Portugal. Your modest retirement savings - the ones that feel pathetic by American standards-become substantial when you stop paying American prices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't fantasy. It's called geographic arbitrage. And it's the only retirement strategy that works when you don't have a million dollars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e25 destinations. Real budgets. No bullshit.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the practical guide to retiring overseas that nobody else wrote. Not a glossy fantasy. Not a sales pitch for real estate seminars. Just the destinations, the costs, the logistics, and the honest trade-offs - written by someone who's actually doing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat's inside: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Honest Assessment: 12 questions to figure out what you actually need-not what retirement magazines say you should want\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree-Tier Budgets: Survival, comfortable, and thriving costs for every destination, so you know exactly what your money buys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e25 Destination Profiles: Mexico, Central America, South America, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and affordable Mediterranean-with the real strengths, real weaknesses, and who should stay away\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Practical Shit: Visas, residency, international health insurance, healthcare abroad, expat taxes, foreign banking, money transfers, staying connected-everything you need to actually make the move\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUS Alternatives: Cheap domestic destinations for those not ready to leave the country\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResources That Don't Suck: A curated appendix of tools expats actually use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten for GenXers who got screwed. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou did everything right. You worked. You saved when you could. You survived recessions, watched pensions evaporate, powered through wage stagnation while everything got more expensive. Now you're staring at retirement math that doesn't work, wondering if you'll die at your desk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou won't. Not if you're willing to think differently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThousands of Americans already live well abroad on social security alone. Not scraping by - living. Apartments with pools. Dinner out whenever they want. Healthcare they can afford. A retirement that would be impossible in the US, funded by the same income that would mean struggle at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe question isn't whether you can afford to retire overseas. It's whether you can afford not to. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI wrote this from my $265\/month apartment in Hoi An, Vietnam. There's a pool. The river's outside my window. Last night's dinner for two cost five dollars. I'm 57, I don't have a million dollars, and I'm living proof the math works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYour move. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStop waiting for savings that aren't coming. Stop believing you need to work until you break. Stop pretending the traditional path is going to magically start working.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe destinations are here. The budgets are here. The step-by-step logistics are here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow get off your ass and do it. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798242003378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d","brand":"Sean Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874537255167,"sku":"9798242003378","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stop-pretending-youre-going-to-sean-johnson-9798242003378","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}