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Retire early: 5 ways to get there
If you want to quit young and enjoy an extra-long retirement, you've got some work to do now.
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1. Save, save, save
The reality is that if you want to shut off the BlackBerry at age 55 or 60, you're going to have to put a lot of money away - perhaps a third of your take-home pay or more, says Diane McCurdy of McCurdy Financial Planning in Bakersfield, Calif.

Key stat: 38% of people retire earlier than planned.
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