The FIRE was burning inside of me, pun intended. Most notably, the Mad Fientist blog and podcast. MMM was the start, but I quickly discovered others who had done the same, and you bet I read all of those as well. So simple but so profound “ I saw myself traveling, spending time with family and friends, working out, relaxing on a beach somewhere living the good life”. And slowly, a vision started to form in my mind.
It couldn’t be this simple, could it? I had to find out “ so I read the Shockingly Simple Math article on MMM and devoured countless other posts during any free time I had. So the concept of FIRE seemed so foreign and too good to be true to me. You need millions of dollars to “retire” don’t you? I had always thought that was the only way. But, besides the 4HWW most books about early retirement seemed to be along the lines of “earn lots of money from starting a business, sell it and retire in your 30s”. I read I Will Teach You To Be Rich, The 4-Hour Workweek, and countless other books on investing and entrepreneurship. I had always been interested in saving and investing my money. Money Mustache articles, and followed his advice. To my surprise it was neither the article went on to describe that the couple had typical professional jobs, saved over 50% of their income, read Mr. I clicked on it, fully expecting it to be some multi-level marketing scheme – where they sold some special kind of juice, and they miraculously made millions of dollars over the next few years. If I remember correctly, I think it was Kristy and Bryce from Millenial Revolution. I had never even heard of FIRE before – until a good ole clickbaity Facebook article popped up on my newsfeed, with something along the lines of “ See How This Couple Retired at 30yrs Old to Travel the World“. Plus, I had visited a friend there the previous Fall, where I had an absolute blast and fell in love with the city.Īround this time, I stumbled across the concept of FIRE- Financial Independence Retire Early. The building was located close to Austin, TX – which I was extremely excited about as I knew Austin was an up and coming city for young professionals.
However, the promotion would require me to move – to Texas. At this time, I wasn’t in love with my job, but I had been working hard at it and was on track for a promotion which I received in March of 2016. Part III of my Finding FIRE journey picks up around late 2015 – early 2016.
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