Jameel Haiat and Hilcia Peña set ambitious retirement goals to escape corporate life and live creatively. Their plan, dubbed '2020 Vision', aimed for a departure on February 20, 2020. However, as the deadline neared, Peña received a new job offer from Disney in Hong Kong, leading the couple to relocate instead. They ultimately moved from Hong Kong to Chiang Mai, realizing a long-held dream of living abroad, where they saw their finances stretch further amidst favorable living conditions and infrastructure.
"We were always trying to figure out how we could leave this corporate world and be more creative," Peña, now 39, told Business Insider.
"We could see how our money could go a lot further," Peña said, highlighting their motivation to retire abroad.
"We said that on that day, no matter where we are in the world, whatever we're doing, we're going to send an email out that says, 'We're sorry for your loss.' And then we quit," Haiat shared.
"We never sent the emails because everything came to fruition as we had hoped," Haiat explained, detailing how they adapted their plans.
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