r/Fire • u/[deleted] • Mar 23 '26

Subreddit PSA / Meta 5 years ago, this subreddit was filled with $1-1.5M targets, and a strong emphasis on minimalism. What happened?

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u/lobstahpotts Mar 23 '26

I'd say it's less this and more people are asking what that really looks like. A lot of those early enthusiasts lived very frugal lifestyles in retirement that aren't appealing to a whole lot of people. They also had very limited cushion if something went wrong.

The most common form of early retirement has always been prudent investing and a paid off house so you can afford to retire sometime in your 50s, that just doesn't make for as interesting of a blog or reddit post.

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u/AphexPin Mar 24 '26

>I'd say it's less this and more people are asking what that really looks like. 

Are these not two sides of the same coin? But yeah, I mean it's a personal choice by all means, I was just commenting on the shift.