I couldn't afford to take a gap year in college. So at 53, I retired early and did exactly that

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I couldn't afford to take a gap year in college. So at 53, I retired early and did exactly that

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Benthall and her husband retired early and spent the first year traveling around the world.
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After retiring early at 53, Kelly Benthall and her husband spent a year slow-traveling.
She's been calling it her "gap year abroad," a do-over decades after the one she…

This story appeared on businessinsider.com, 2025-11-05 04:10:35.