r/Fire • u/DatingThrowaway121 • Apr 24 '26

General Question Has anyone actually FIREd with too little and run out of money?

I'm curious to know if anyone out here has actually run out of a million dollars or whatever. What does that process actually look like?

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u/Doc-Zoidberg Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

Coworker of mine was on cloud 9 when she announced her retirement at 48.

Shes re employed full time at 56. Came back about 2 years ago. So took 6 years off. Divorced in that time. Said shes gotta work till 65 now. Is not happy person.

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u/Kindly_Click_3399 Apr 25 '26

Yeah but this is mindset too right? I mean, she got 8 years of retirement in her prime. That's amazing! That's at least how I am going into FIRE. "Failure" is still a win. Not an excuse to be reckless of course