I've read that again, and still I don't get it. To me, learning to live on the cheap to drop out, and planning to FIRE are essentially the same thing: removing

I've read that again, and still I don't get it. To me, learning to live on the cheap to drop out, and planning to FIRE are essentially the same thing: removing the "work" part from life, because you don't love it, or divorcing what you do on the weekend (work of love that brings no money) from what you do during the week (stuff you hate but brings money) Personally, I love working and doing interesting things, and being with other people and society itself! So my personal plan is the opposite of FIRE: work until I die regardless of what happens on the side like payouts, because I enjoy what I do: stopping what I do just because something happened on the side would be like punishing myself, then waiting to die out of boredom? Doesn't seem like such a bright idea to me! Maybe it's different if you don't like modern society, or maybe other people, or the idea of work itself? I would recommend this alternative approach instead: embracing ikigai: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai From https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20170807-ikigai-a-japanese-concept-to-improve-work-and-life https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20170807-ikigai-a-japan... "To those in the West who are more familiar with the concept of ikigai, it’s often associated with a Venn diagram with four overlapping qualities: what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for."