What is FIRE?

FIRE means different things to different people…..

FIRE, or Financial Independence, Retire Early, is a fast-growing movement of people looking for a different way in life.

Saving a high percentage of your earnings allows you to retire significantly earlier than traditionally possible. The percentage of your earnings which you save is known as your savings rate. A popular target is to aim for the 50-70% savings rate bracket, allowing you to retire after roughly 9-17 years of work.

This opens a whole world of opportunities for the rest of your life.

So how could you possibly save so much?

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Welcome!

Is this another one of your bright ideas?

That was the response from family when we mentioned an interest in moving abroad for work. 

This response seems symptomatic of the general apathy shown towards anyone willing to do something a bit different in life. Imagine if we had shared our desire to achieve financial independence!!

The vast majority of modern society are fed the typical story throughout childhood of:

Get good grades, go to uni, get a good job and work hard

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