Early retirees may spend less because they stop thinking about money. "The most significant way our finances have changed since retiring early is we don't really think about money anymore," Jeremy Jacobson, a 30-something early retiree and the blogger behind GoCurryCracker!, told Business Insider.
He continued: "We have enough passive income for everything we want and need, which is incredibly liberating. Even without the 'retire early' life, being financially independent provides a tremendous amount of inner peace."
Brandon previously told Business Insider he wished he knew how "unimportant and insignificant" money would be after retiring early.
"I always thought that I would spend my early retirement doing entrepreneurial things, but now that I have enough money, doing things for the sole purpose of getting more money doesn't make sense anymore," Brandon said. "Money has been the primary motivator for my entire adult life, but now that I have enough, I've had to find new sources of motivation."