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Looks like in your last paragraph you came around to what I was going to say. I find that focusing on the FI half is pretty satisfying. I'm not there yet, and
by war1025 7y ago
Looks like in your last paragraph you came around to what I was going to say. I find that focusing on the FI half is pretty satisfying.
I'm not there yet, and I don't know what will happen when I get there, but I do know that I have a heck of a lot more savings than most of my peers, and it leads to me being a lot more relaxed at work when things start to get stressful (Or maybe I am just more relaxed by nature).
To me, it really comes down to the NN Taleb version of FIRE which is "Fuck You" money.
- ghaff 7y agoAnd even if it isn't about FU money, there are degrees of FI. There's a big difference between being able to move to a tropic island if you feel like it and not worrying about the next mortgage payment if you've had it with a current employer. But even the latter creates a lot of degrees of freedom. Being able to honestly say and act as if you can walk out the door tomorrow if you feel like it does a lot for stress levels.