🔥 Who Has Reached FIRE & What Are You Doing Now? 🔥

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🔥 Who Has Reached FIRE & What Are You Doing Now? 🔥

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Hello everybody!

For those who have achieved Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE)—what does life look like after reaching your goal? 💰

Are you fully retired and enjoying life?

Have you taken up a new hobby, business, or passion project? Do you still work, but on your own terms?

And for those still on the journey—what’s your plan once you get there? 🚀

Drop a comment and share your experience! ⬇️

With my best regards,
Frugal

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I've reached FIRE except the E really isn't. I'm almost 64. But I'm still happy to be FIR.

Let me look at my ticker... I retire in 248 days.
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frugal wrote: Fri Mar 28, 2025 7:47 am Hello everybody!

For those who have achieved Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE)—what does life look like after reaching your goal? 💰. WONDERFUL! AND I’M GRATEFUL FOR EVERY MOMENT GOD GIVES TO ME.

Are you fully retired and enjoying life? YES, YES

Have you taken up a new hobby, business, or passion project? Do you still work, but on your own terms? YES, MAINLY CHURCH AND VOLUNTEER RELATED.
I DO WORK BUT NOT FOR MONETARY PAY.

And for those still on the journey—what’s your plan once you get there? 🚀

Drop a comment and share your experience! ⬇️

With my best regards,
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Hi !

Can you send me your updates?

And inspire me to FIRE please...

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Frugal,

I hope you are well!

1) My life is so much better than it was when I was working full time. I'm unstressed, my relationships are better and I can focus on the things I enjoy.

2) I still do two jobs: I run a large garden or small farm to supply my local food pantry with as much fresh produce as I can; I am not paid for this, it's a labor of love. I also do food delivery ~6 hours a week which covers all of my expenses. This lets my portfolio continue to grow so that when I die, there's a big pot of money for the next guy to try and make the world a better place.

I'm hoping that you get to a similar place as soon as possible!

Best Wishes,

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Nice 👍

Can you please explain more details including your age and so on …

What was your thinking 💭 strategy…

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frugal wrote: Thu Apr 02, 2026 3:17 pm Nice 👍

Can you please explain more details including your age and so on …

What was your thinking 💭 strategy…

Regards
Frugal,

I will respond by PM as I am happy to answer your questions but I don't want to do so publicly.
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