the.com/fire movement
retire in your thirties by treating lattes as the enemy and index funds as the exit door.
means a personal-finance philosophy of saving aggressively (often 50-70% of income) and investing it to reach financial independence and quit traditional work early.
from acronym for financial independence, retire early, popularized in the 1990s by the book your money or your life, then supercharged by early-2010s finance bloggers doing the math on spreadsheets instead of vacations.
the number25x annual expenses is the common target.
the rulewithdraw 4% yearly and the math should hold.
subculturesleanfire, fatfire, and baristafire all disagree loudly.
ironymany quit early, then start a blog about quitting early.