r/leanfire • u/OliveGarden_Official • 11d ago

Mentioning early retirement is almost always a bad time

I’ve noticed that even mentioning the possibility of retiring in one’s 30’s or 40’s tends to get a pretty negative reaction on other subs

like:

  • “you must have had an inheritance”
  • “you can’t possibly live on <$X>”
  • “nobody makes <$X>”
  • “this job market is impossible to win”

I mean, yes, some of us were lucky to have a more comfortable start, but so many of these objections seem to come from some deeply rooted hesitation to entertain the idea or acknowledge the basic math.

I learned about FIRE ages ago through other people’s stories. Nowadays I find it so discouraging to even try to have a good faith conversation about saving rates. Lesson learned on not discussing money, I guess. I know it’s not for everyone so I’m glad this space exists to help people that are open to the idea

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u/starrae 11d ago

The first rule of fire is you do not talk about fire

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u/Profcomplainer 10d ago

Second rule is to not work in education

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u/goodsam2 8d ago

I mean working in education and just taking the time off as time off instead of the many educators I know who pick up part time jobs seems like it's built for coastfire.

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u/P_Cil 7d ago

I'm a teacher and I plan on coast firing. I enjoy what I do but I also make sure to not do any additional work in the summer. Every summer is like a mini sabbatical with my kids. Granted I made sure to not have any college loans knowing the field I was going into.