Financial Independence Podcast – Mad Fientist

Hi Brandon,Yours was the first FIRE podcast I listened to when I fired 2+1/2 years ago, and Ive been following your yearly updates ever since. To answer your question about fat vs lean FIRE, its definitely the former one in my opinion. Beyond the obvious reasons of financial security and opportunity enabler, it prevents the risk of false FIRE, which is accepting to live for the rest of life too modestly versus your potential, or having an obligation to complement your income with some sort of work, hack or remunerated activity, no matter how much you tell yourself its optional and you enjoy it.Of course, with fat FIRE comes the overwhelming responsibility of being solely responsible of what you do and whether you continue to grow or you stagnate in your comfort zone.I found interesting your comments about FIRE being an enabler (or even a tool) for a particular predetermined objective (in your case to publish an album), as opposed to an enabler of new unchartered future objectives, or challenges, and how to choose them among the myriad of possibilities and maintain the discipline to achieve them.Maybe one day we can grab a beer and further discuss the purpose of FIRE and what to do with it.

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Financial Independence Podcast - Mad Fientist