FIRE and other people

[kork13]

amarowsky -- I absolutely love your perspective. Everything you're doing seriously sounds like a dream. Honestly, if I wasn't in the military & need to hit 20 years of service to retire (which is a large chunk of my FIRE plans), I'd love to do something similar. Once I actually do retire, that's probably what I'll end up doing, just random stuff I do for fun or interest, regardless of the pay (or lack thereof). Mad props.

[disneysteve]

amarowsky - I totally love your post. What a great outlook and what a great position to be in, especially at your age.

[LivingAlmostLarge]

I don't think it's the hedonistic lifestyle. I think a lot of it stems from defining your life by your career. The status associated with working. They had it on the today show this mornings (as I was in the dental chair again) talking about people who lost their jobs in the pandemic and were looking but the "stigma" associated with not having a job made it harder to find a job. All of us know this.

As I stay at home not working longer (since August) I find myself more relaxed. I know how much I left slide while working and I was more concerned with keeping us all afloat than anything else. I let everything go both kids work and the house.

[MonkeyMama]

On the flip side of the coin, there is a young man in our office who just recently graduated college. He has a really good job for his age and still lives at home. The young/single lady in our office who is very good with money, she can't hide the, "Eeeew, you live with your parents!? What do women think of that?" In a high cost of living region a 23-year-old that lives at home? I piped up one day and I Said, "It sounds to me someone who can actually afford a house some day." Doh! He gave me the, "Well someone gets it," look. I am used to the "eeew," comments, and I will point out how stupid they are.

P.S. I wasn't being very conscious about it when I wrote this. But... This kid did bring up FIRE at some point after that. That is his plan. It just seemed obvious to me he was making $$$$$$$$ and not dealing with any big expenses.