Anyone a part of the FIRE movement? I’m too old at this point but am intrigued by those who are pursuing it.

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Not me. Personally, I believe you should enjoy while you are young and still be comfortable when you are old. It’s OK to retire with $5 million and live the life you wanna live now rather than save for $15 million and eat Ramen noodles every night with no vacation aboard. IMO of course. Everyone is different.

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there is a bowl

Definitely check out the bowl for it. It's fairly active and I've learned quite a bit there.

No. I like to eat out every once in a while

It’s unlikely you’re too old for it.
Setting a plan to retire before 65 is something many people can do.
Join the bowl and see!

You can also check out their Reddit subreddits. Interesting stuff.

As much as I want to pursue this, I'm not sure if it's necessarily worth it. I know there are different levels of fire. I'm okay at the moment... I started saving two years ago and have over 125k+ saved up at 28 which is somewhat behind for most people on FIRE.

My job doesnt feeel like a job sometimes. I live a fairly decent life. I can travel a good amount -- right now traveling every other month on the weekends and that seems to work for me.

It's easy to do ... it almost feels like volunteer work. I also really like interacting with the people I work alongside with.

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