3/27/2023 0 Comments Live fyre sidenotes![]() ![]() Sidenote not sure how personal to make this I don’t want to get noses out of joint, but you’re now explicitly saying you’re okay with your job. I guess the ones who do are too busy to write books? I take heart that none of them wish they’d spent more time in the office. Retirees (both early and conventional) have written about the joys and hazards in store. Read books by those who’ve been there and done it. I think I’ll be okay with it but I’m not certain.) (TI and TDM you obviously recognise this pitfall already. SHMD readily admitted that he struggled to value himself when he was no longer a breadwinner. Think hard about how much of your identity is bound up with work, striving and earning money. Have outside interests, passion projects, and hobbies already on the go, then expand on them when you have more time. Don’t retire and then try to work out how to fill the hours. You’re going through a massive emotional upheaval. (I’ve been putting time into identifying my demons and how I can control them.)ĭon’t freak out if you feel sad, listless, adrift. Most FIRE-ees report feeling amazing for a few months, then they adapt… and demons return. (For me, I think it’d be sensible to shift to part-time employment before leaving the workforce altogether).ĭon’t trust the initial euphoria. I’ve tried to learn the lessons of others, and I’ve picked up on a few things:ĭon’t change too much at once! Don’t go from doing 80 hours a week to zero, then move away from family and friends within months. Now that I’m close to the line, about 90% of my FIRE bandwidth is spent thinking about what my RE life will look like, and about 10% to the FI side. I agree that those who’ve publicly talked about their struggles have done us a massive favour. I’ve seen the same people crash out of FIRE that you have but I’m also aware that plenty of FIRE-ees report that they are loving life. I won’t truly know until I get there and I accept I could be wrong. I don’t think I need to work in the conventional sense to maintain my sense of worth, purpose, need for challenge, or sense of engagement with the world. I’m happy with that even if I retire from work only to return 12-months later because I need more structure or money in my life than I thought. A healthier relationship with consumerism and careerism.Mrs Accumulator is financially secure should my clogs pop tomorrow.Less stress at work because I have more options.FU money to fund retraining or a bout of unemployment.Tomorrow I wake up and realise I’ve been pursuing a fairy story. Just walking the path for a while can have massive benefits even if you don’t make it all the way, as TDM mentioned. Even opening your mind to the possibility seems hard, if the vitriolic comments underscoring every mainstream article about FIRE are any guide.īut that doesn’t mean the minority isn’t on to something. Should this narrative ring hollow for you, the FIRE community is full of bright ideas on how to redesign your lifestyle – as much or as little as you want. The community offers an alternative to the conventional consumer narrative of work for 40 to 50 years, buy as big a house as you can ill-afford, stuff it full of crap, get promoted to your level of incompetence, and beat those pesky Jones’s at all costs. Maybe they regularly change their job to keep things fresh but still maintain FI** as a long-term goal. Maybe they like their job but don’t think the money-time trade-off is worth it forever. Maybe they once liked their job but the shine wore off. Maybe they find themselves among the majority of the population who rate every job somewhere on a scale between ‘hate’ and ‘meh’. If you can find a better situation then FIRE-ees won’t burn you at the stake for dropping your savings rate.įIRE is a movement for people whose nagging doubts about the hedonic treadmill have become a clanging alarm bell. One of the straw men you’ve sent to fight me is that FIRE advocates advise sticking with a miserable job for a couple of decades. Or, we can talk about Brexit if that’d be more fun? The Accumulator: TI, you can make it as personal as you like, me old jackfruit. Will The Accumulator take this personal stuff personally? Will he explode in the face of The Investor’s ceaseless attacks on his FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) beliefs? ![]() In a tempestuous round 3, The Investor basically 1 told The Accumulator he’s wasted his life then invites him to trade blows rather than shares. ![]()
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