> My point was to show the absurdity of the underlying article's premise: that temporarily forgoing fancy coffees, monthly luxurious dinners, and other personal

> My point was to show the absurdity of the underlying article's premise: that temporarily forgoing fancy coffees, monthly luxurious dinners, and other personal indulgences can lead to long term riches. That's not the premise of the article, you've just weaseled this into the topic. First "economic freedom", now wealth and riches. The premise of the FI movement and the subject of the article is retiring comfortably at 40 without a luxurious lifestyle. No NYC penthouse, no jet-setting. Of course you will always find an even more expensive place and lifestyle for anything someone proposes, but that's just moving the goal post and missing the point of the article and movement.