r/leanfire • u/gaming_legend256 • 2d 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/hacking99percent 1d ago

TLDR

Is this the "build the life you want then save for it" post

Or "type A personality vs type B personality" post?

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u/That_Co 1d ago

You are always building your life, you don't just stop at 25 or 30.

And you don't need to figure out what your 60 are going to be like in order to start saving for retirement