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Alternative Work

There are many similarities between the FIRE world and the digital nomad world when it comes to the conditions surrounding taking on new...

Geographic Arbitrage

Real estate as an investment vehicle has been discussed extensively in the FIRE community. Let’s look at it from a different angle....

Charity and Donating

One fundamental (though not universally practiced) premise of FIRE is the absence of traditional employment. We then assume a fixed...

Introduction to Live FIRE Better

Reading the pages of the online FIRE community’s most successful author-entrepreneurs, one might have the sense that FIRE is similar to...

Communities

Humans are a social species with varying needs for interaction. My mom, for example, loved spending cold winter days alone watching...

Idleness

One of the biggest challenges of FIRE is occupying “work time”. I’d posit that idleness is no longer a culturally acceptable state of...

Mental Health

Mental health is rarely spoken about in FIRE circles. Rather, it’s regularly discussed as a solution to burnout and dissatisfaction among...

Self Help

Self-guided motivation is what most FIRE practitioners have done throughout their lives. It can offer the benefit of the other forms of...

Working With a Spouse

Many FIREees come in pairs. The hard work of a couple coupled with vigorous saving and a favorable tax code creates a scenario in which...

Returning to Work

Do you find yourself wanting to return to work? My dad worked 60 hours every week until he retired. He was thrilled when he was finally...

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