FIRE, Financially Independent Retired Early?

[bennkar]

Not really FI though in the ballpark. Still working. When GF retires and moves to live with me, we'll have (er... we have combined as of today....) 1.5Mil in investments/retirement and she'll have a decent pension (she will be 56), so we will be effectively FI, and she will be RE. I'll RE at 60 (if you can call that RE).

[JBinKC]

I retired in 2006 at 43 when my Roth IRA hit a certain target and was also totally burnt out from my menial job that year in and year out got worse. I subsequently sold my house in the city before the real estate bubble and currently live in the Ozarks on the lake.

[GoodSteward]

Can't FIRE without some major financial gains in the next 10-15 years. I am saving, but not nearly enough yet(income limitations and obligations of a family). That's part of why I've been absent lately, working on building a personal VM server to learn more systems. I am also gettings things in order to go back to my local tech school to get another certification. My goal is to be a sysadmin in the next 5 or so years. Hopefully less.