The FINE (Not FIRE) Movement — Jill on Money
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Forget the FIRE movement, I'm all about the FINE movement, a new acronym that was sent to us by a listener. Financial Independence, Next Endeavor. Having that financial stability to be able to pick and choose your next journey. That's the gist of the conversation with our latest caller. Have a mone

Link is to an older podcast episode, and The Money Guy YouTube channel occasionally talks about FINE instead of FIRE.

Here’s the definitions of each:

  • FINE - Financial Independence Next Endeavor
  • FIRE - Financial Independence Retire Early

Basically, FINE focuses on what you plan to do after achieving financial independence, whereas FIRE tends to focus on cessation of working. I always called it FI (leave off the retirement part), but I suppose FINE works.

Anyway, just wondering what everyone else is planning to do once they hit Financial Independence, whether that’s retirement or starting something new. I’ll leave mine in the comments.

  • fnie@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    I will probably just keep working and saving to maximize the chances that my kid never has to answer to a boss for shelter, food, and health.

    But after achieving FI, work should take on a new feel since my family and I won’t depend on it to survive.