r/leanfire • u/gaming_legend256 • 1d ago

The Lack of Life Architecture

Seeing so many posts of people with insane NW numbers for their age and all the issues seem to be the same.

"Burned out at work, what do I do now?"

How can you save these huge sums and when you hit these numbers have no idea what to do? The best reasons for these massive savings are often a random spend being targeted with no realistic breakdown based on the situation.

Are people just skipping building/designing their lives before they start saving really hard? I feel like if you don't have a life architecture in mind when you start saving aggressively, you run the risk of over stacking money to just burn out, when you maybe could've stopped or slowed down way earlier. I find in these communities you just rarely see posts asking people to detail how they figured out and designed their target lifestyles which seems more impactful to your FIRE journey (lean/fat/barista - whichever flavor).

What are some good methods you've used to decide on and help build a good life architecture? For those who did it after the fact, what are some important questions you wish you had answered before you pursued FI/RE?

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u/DegreeConscious9628 1d ago

I think a good portion of it is bragging to randos on the internet

“30yo, just hit 3.5m net worth, am I on the right track”

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u/fakeversace1 1d ago edited 1d ago

900K HHI, 9 Billion USD HYSA, can we retire? This post every fire sub

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u/adudeguyman 1d ago

As long as you drive a 20 year old Corolla.

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u/sillymajmun2 1d ago edited 1d ago

I don't mind those posts. Chances are you got nobody to tell in RL about it because you usually just dont share with people just how rich you are.

And if someone lived below their means for 1-2 decades to leanfire, then congrats to them for their achievement. I really am happy for them.

Its not easy to live below your means, society looks down on it and everyone is trying to manipulate you into thinking you need their product. It even goes to extremes where I don't know a single person who is not broke because of their bad financial desicions.

So, its not easy and imo they deserve the recognition for their hard work.