I met a friend for lunch yesterday to hear about the sabbatical she is currently taking to decompress from work. That led us to talking about how we each are racing to FIRE as quickly as possible. I followed up later with some links to my favorite posts and blogs (MMM, this forum, Bogleheads wiki, Go Curry Cracker, JL Collins' Stock Series). Now I have a real life money buddy to talk about these things and share strategies. Cool!