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FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early)
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Oof. Got news today that a coworker in their 40s passed away this weekend. They worked Friday and died Saturday. If that's not a punch in the face to retire early, I don't know what is. I certainly want to have as much retirement as possible, and not die after slaving away for years without being able to enjoy it.
I think it's interesting that there's another way to think about it: at least they got to enjoy their money.
I'm not going to be FI until my 40s, so it would really suck to die just months before being able to pull the trigger. I'm not miserable by any means, but I am making sacrifices relative to my cowokers in order to make early retirement an option.