FIRE stands for Financial Independence/Retire Early. It’s a term that was coined in the United States by personal finance bloggers who started to blog about their journeys of achieving financial independence with the aim of escaping the rat race and retiring earlier than the standard 60-65 age bracket.
Obviously this is a hugely attractive proposition for pretty much any person around the world, so the concept and the FIRE bloggers themselves have become immensely popular.
I’d like to share my thoughts on the concept itself and the FIRE community, as there are some things I like and others I don’t like so much.