Why Do So Many People Want to FIRE (Financial Independence/Retire Early).

Anthony Maiorana
3 min readMar 30, 2019
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I asked a question on Quora recently about What Is Your Strategy to Obtain Financial Independence and How Long Can You FIRE?

I got a lot of responses that were helpful involving savings rate, investments, 401(k)s, Roth IRAs, cutting spending, and stuff that I had heard before. I’m really more interested in some more off the beaten path…

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Anthony Maiorana

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