The Financially Independent Retire Early movement has swept the nation in recent years. Though the concept has been around for decades, it’s been seen as a millennial-driven craze. The same people that talk down on my generation about laziness, willingness to work etc… are the same ones that are about to be left behind when it comes to retirement. In other words, they’re salty because they seeing people half their age with 10x the net worth. 

Financial independence has various definitions. To me, it means that I have enough net worth to decide when, where and what projects I work on. It means I can walk into the office tomorrow and tell my boss that I quit (I can’t do that… yet). It means I can pay myself a salary from my investments. The basic definition is as follows: Financially independent people have assets that generate income that is at least equal to their expenses.   

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