One of the big questions I’m dealing with is post-retirement issues after a FIRE, because no one really has a proper grip on early retirement beyond financial data, because it is quite rare to successfully complete the FIRE journey, and if only a few MBTI archetypes complete it (INTJ, ENTJ, ISTJ) then even getting advice from people who have completed the journey cannot form the whole picture about how to retire early systematically.
I’ve always suspected that the answer could be found in books on personal finance, and I think I’d be better off looking at religious or philosophical texts.
The problems of early retirement are existential issues – understanding them requires a deep level of philosophical understanding. FIRE can barely solve 60% of your problems, because of the level of personal satisfaction it can possibly give you. but the remaining 30%
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