Thought I'd share my spreadsheet for those who are more visual. When I found out about the 4% SWR (25x expenses), I was really excited to play around with different numbers to see how much money I would need to cover my expenses, depending on the rate of return on investment. I created a table with the numbers plugged in to visualize everything.
On the X axis is the rate of return, the Y axis is the monthly expense. The number in the middle is your stash or target for FIRE.
Hope this will be useful or motivating for some of you! Enjoy
Shared on Google Drive:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9BSkbgQ0wMdeWItbU9SQ0ZveW8/view?usp=sharingEdit: Realized I could upload the Excel file!