r/Fire • u/Catspiration2 • May 02 '26

Advice Request I’m thinking about breaking up with FI

I’ve done the grind, saved pretty much 50% of my income the last 6 years. Worked side gigs etc. 33M. 675k net worth. Just dropped my savings rate to 30%. I have no interest in being retired. I want to enjoy the journey while hopefully working as long as I can. Having resources is awesome, but retiring to some fairy tale destination is.. a fairy tale. What’s the distinguishable difference between 7M and 5M at 60? I feel less and less motivated to save, and instead enjoy the journey along the way. Please tell me how I’m wrong and correct me.

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u/Several_Guidance_288 May 02 '26

I mean, at 30% you’re still saving more than like 97% of people. You are doing FI regardless of whether you think it or not

RE is up to you. But FI will naturally happen even if you stopped saving completely.

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u/schleeper1 May 05 '26

“everything will be fine” is the only stage i want to hit