This is paradoxical, do you recognize? > bringing him closer to financial independence And what do you do with that independence if you are not going to spend

This is paradoxical, do you recognize? > bringing him closer to financial independence And what do you do with that independence if you are not going to spend it on anything? Living like that will train you to stockpile money and after you've reached the tipping point (when you can live on the interests) you are likely to continue to be the person who you were before: not spending on anything special, stockpiling money.