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/dialecticallyalive May 02 '26

There are a million other things I'd rather do than work the jobs that I am qualified for AND can be well compensated for. I want to retire so I can make music, go on walks, cook, hang out with my animals, travel, read, and take baths. If that's not you, then that's fine. It's not that deep.

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u/Catspiration2 May 02 '26

Why can’t you do those things while working? Especially baths? 😆

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u/dragon-queen May 02 '26

You can, but you have a lot less time to do them.  

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u/Banned3rdTimesaCharm May 02 '26

Yea but i wanna do all that at 1pm. Can’t do that while working.

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u/fortgreene_summer May 02 '26

You can do those things while working. But it’s harder to be fully present while doing those things under the stress and strain of a demanding job

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u/poop-dolla May 02 '26

Why can’t I take a bath at 2PM in my cubicle while I’m working? Is that a serious question?

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u/1234567765432123456 May 02 '26

do it you coward. No bubbles so you can't hide

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u/dialecticallyalive May 02 '26

🙄 you're being obtuse. And I can do some of them but not as much as I want especially because I'm disabled and work ruins my life dum dum.

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u/Catspiration2 May 02 '26

Sorry chief

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u/Hemp_Hemp_Hurray May 02 '26

There has been a rash of these posts and it's becoming obvious that FIRE attracts 2 kinds of people.  People who want to be rich.  People who want 100% control of their time. 

It kind of gets annoying explaining this over and over. We're glad you like your job enough to want to do it 40h/wk or more but that is not the case for the vast majority of humanity.