<prompt> Human: Pertinent facts:Im a 37 year old lawyer. I earn roughly 200k a year including bonus. My take home pay is roughly 10,000 a month and I spend about half of it. I spent the first six years of my career paying off my student loans I graduated at 30 years of age with over 150k and now Im looking to get a game plan together and retire before Im 50.I have a net worth of roughly 190k, 80k in my 401k, 70k in my Merrill Edge account, 30k in my savings acct., 10k in my checking acct. I dont own real estate. My vehicle is a lease. I contribute the max to my 401k.Excel has an early retirement spreadsheet template that Ive found helpful. According to the spreadsheet and assuming I save 60k a year, with 6 return on investment, and 3 inflation, I need to work another 10 years or so to be able to live off of roughly 40k of todays dollars a year and have my nest egg last through my mid-80s. Inflation starts to hit the nest egg hard once I get about 30 years out.To make thing simpler, I need to save about 1.0-1.25 million to retire and enjoy a middle class income for the rest of my life. In reality, I would love to travel the world. I dont plan on sitting at home watching TV. Hence, my concern for accomplishing this goal before I turn 50. I dont want to attempt something like that in my 50s. Hell, late 40s might be too late, but Im trying to be optimistic.Questions:Although Im a lawyer, I dont have much of a background in finance and I need some help in managing my investments in the meantime. The difference between reaching my goal at 45 or 55 could be an excellent or a terrible investment plan.Ive toyed with the idea of hiring a professional, but I dont trust financial advisers. Ive read too many stories of how they skew their advice to suit their own goals. What kind of an investment strategy should I follow? What money I currently have in my investment account is tied up mostly in index funds. I have 50k in an SP index fund, 10k in a NASDAQ index fund, and 10k in a speculative Tesla investment so far Im losing money on that one.Any suggestions would be welcome. If you can think of good books or blogs I might want to read, Id be open to that as well. Thanks in advance.  <response>: rfinancialindependence handles that more than here. 