I appreciated the article on what it had to say. I've been a saver all my life and when I retired I had more than sufficient resources. I only learned about the FIRE movement afterwards. However, I wish I had plugged in to what the FIRE folks had to say as I could have been optimized more. First, I like to work, and I have a part-time job in my chosen career now. I just didn't want to work as hard as I did before. I volunteer as well but I like having more options. Second, what I find compelling about our FIRE friends is something I always believed... Make hay while the sun is shining and do it while you are younger, not older. It doesn't necessarily mean being a total drudge, have fun along the way, but we don't know what tomorrow will bring so save now to keep a wider variety of options for tomorrow. One doesn't know what will come next and I prefer a greater set of options.
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I appreciated the article on what it had to say. I've been a saver all my life and when I retired I had more than sufficient resources. I only learned about the FIRE movement afterwards. However, I wish I had plugged in to what the FIRE folks had to say as I could have been optimized more. First, I like to work, and I have a part-time job in my chosen career now. I just didn't want to work as hard as I did before. I volunteer as well but I like having more options. Second, what I find compelling about our FIRE friends is something I always believed... Make hay while the sun is shining and do it while you are younger, not older. It doesn't necessarily mean being a total drudge, have fun along the way, but we don't know what tomorrow will bring so save now to keep a wider variety of options for tomorrow. One doesn't know what will come next and I prefer a greater set of options.
Post: Fire Meets Ice
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