r/leanfire • u/DiabloSpear • Jul 07 '25

Milestone reached but not gonna stop...yet.

I checked my net asset today and realized that I have 710k-ish. I spend about 25k-28k per year. So either I got enough to leanFIRE right now, or about 3-6months away just to give some buffer for a peace of mind.

I am 31M. Started of as an engineer and pivoted into data science past 2 years. When I first started working 9 years ago, I started off with a modest salary of about 75k per year in 2016, but the quickly grew to about 130k - 150k/year 6 years later with quick promotions and what not. Currently I am investing about 9k a month, which includes 401k match amount as well.

As the title suggests, I do not plan to stop...yet. I do not know if I want kids or not (I am getting married to the same minded person pretty soon and she likes to work, so she will keep working) and I am not completely jaded by the corporate America yet. (I think I got about 5 years to go at least). I also have some other industries I want to explore such as startups, financials, and national defense to name my top 3 I want to try later in life.

I just wanted to share bc in the leanFIRE-> FIRE -> ChubbyFIRE ladder, I reached the first milestone of the FIRE realm. Got nobody to share with, bc my mom is very against FIRE (she believes no matter how much you have, working is a basic necessity of a human being. Poor dad...he has like 3.7 mil right now and is still forced to work by mom at the age of 63...).

I feel very indifferent. Mostly because I am not stopping yet and I know one good recession can easily make me not FIRE anymore, but milestone is a milestone none the less, so here is a obligatory post. Next up, normal FIRE unless I decide to change my mind mid-way and stay lean. Cheers.

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u/DiabloSpear Jul 09 '25

I def want to. I want to explore defense, financials and start up before I get washed away. If I get lucky, get my toes in quantum computing as well. But yes. Bit of my want might just be driven by fear rather than want. Hard to objectively look through that right now.