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Post your ages when you started saving for, and reached FIRE - Permanent Edition
k290:
I'd like to see what the average amount of time it took everyone here to reach FIRE. :)
Post how old you were when you actively and consciously started saving for FIRE (and possibly your net worth at that time if you don't mind divulging)
Also, Post how old you were when you reached FIRE (and possibly your net worth at the time)
Look forward to some of the responses.
Edit: I've updated this thread to be the Permanent Edition. Come in here and share your FIRE story. It will be a collection of inspiration as that is what most people coming in here are getting out of it.
Post your stories if you've reached or are very close to FIRE!
Jon_Snow:
Took me about 10 years...when I was 32 the "idea" of FIRE hit me like a bolt of lightening out of the sky. It was LONG before I discovered this forum - thank god the basic tenets of Mustachian were already part of my life then. Way back when I started the journey, I had FIRE at 45 as a goal...so I beat that by 3 years, having pulled the plug 6 months ago at 42.
What is a bit depressing is the fact that, from what I have since learned, I was probably FI at 37...but then again, being someone who HATES stressing about money (or the lack of it), the extra buffer in my Stache is probably a good thing...
Calimandc:
What were the criteria you used, how did you measure it at 37, and how did you measure it at 42? What did you realize afterwards that points to the FI at 37?
Thanks,
Jeremy
waltworks:
Let the humblebragging begin!
Seriously, what is the point of asking this? You can be FI at birth. You can never be FI if you have horrible enough luck. You can make choices about relationships, kids, pursuing athletic goals, etc that can significantly delay FI. Some folks make $500k/year, others make $30k. And there's no standard at all (nor should there be) for what RE itself means. ERE Jacob does fine on $7k a year or so, others need $100k+ to be happy.
So the only thing that is going to happen here is that people will try to one-up each other with their fast FIRE stories. Which is pointless.
-W
arebelspy:
--- Quote from: waltworks on March 23, 2015, 12:27:44 PM ---Seriously, what is the point of asking this?
--- End quote ---
I think OP wanted real life examples of how long FIRE takes to achieve once you focus on it.
(Not theoretical simple math.)
Many people get encouragement or inspiration out of this sort of thing.
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