SmartAsset and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. Retiring early raises a series of questions around both income and spending. You will need to manage your portfolio for longer-term drawdowns, an early end to new earnings, and a long wait for Social Security to kick in. You will need to manage your spending around new needs, particularly health insurance, long-term care insurance and a largely fixed income. But with certain considerations, it looks lik ...