Tbh I have always been on the fence on if or how i want to FIRE or not. Even learning about MMM I never had the idea that retirement is sitting on a beach somewhere.
We should each be making our "own version of FIRE". I don't get hung up too much on what other people consider to be FIRE for them. I may get hung up on one person telling another person to take their definition and shove it...nothing I see here - just something I pushed back against as absurdity on Bogleheads.
I do know I want to save and infvest as much as possible for the next 15 years and way more than the normal person. So there is that.
A good goal for anyone to have, in my personal opinion - regardless with what one plans to do after achieving FI
The suzie orman thing is just making me think that I will probably still want ot have an income or even consider just going into entrepreneurship sooner. I mean I would so be willing to work into my 80s for the right job!
We don't always get to have that choice. Luckily, you are wise enough to save enough money such that whether or not you get to persist as you plan, you'll be okay. TOO MANY PEOPLE TODAY think "I'll just work until I die, screw all that saving noise"...
Here is the thing, I have a big software project I can't wait to start and I'm slowly building up learning of the specific tools I need. However, I'll never go back into another software job ever again due to past bad experiences. Now, if I were FI today, I'd quit my job in a heartbeat and spend a good 2-6 hrs a day 3-4 days a week on my personal software project and I will likely never ever charge any money for it if I decide to "release it" into the wilds. I'd much rather put it out on an open source platform, but I certainly don't want to be beholden to someone else's release schedules, red tape, SOPs, stupid business requirements that don't even translate into proper software requirements and someone else telling me that they don't want to add features or allow proper testing because they'd rather have a half baked piece of crap put out for revenue when I'm not even finished with the damn product. When I FI, I don't currently plan to have a Boss ever again (that means no employer and no customer either).
How will I have social circles? There are many, many meetups for many types of interests. I may even try to prod some of my friends along a little faster to the point of FI.
I don't need titles, I shouldn't need money (spouse wants to be at 2x LEAN FIRE), and I'm pretty sure I'll be just fine that way.