Hi All,
I was always frugal and loved saving money. Was fortunate to start an online business early and through a combination of some hard work, luck and a few good real estate investments I'm now financially independant in my erly 30s.
I'm single (ish), with no kids and don't plan to have any, at least for now. Tried retirement, travelled around the world, pursued some hobbies, learned new skills, but in the end decided to continue running my business, as I mostly enjoy it and it's hard to replace that sense of accomplishment that comes from it. It's also more fun now, as being FI removes a lot of the stress from it. I say NO a lot more often to clients, pick the projects I want etc.
I mostly stay in SE Asia and other low cost countries, as I tend to enjoy them more than "1st world", so my expenses are pretty low and my investment portfolio is more than enough to cover them, I mostly have real estate and stocks.
Curious if anyone here is in a similar situation, as I get the impression most people here and on other ER communities have families, kids, jobs and retire in their 40s-60s.
I was always frugal and loved saving money. Was fortunate to start an online business early and through a combination of some hard work, luck and a few good real estate investments I'm now financially independant in my erly 30s.
I'm single (ish), with no kids and don't plan to have any, at least for now. Tried retirement, travelled around the world, pursued some hobbies, learned new skills, but in the end decided to continue running my business, as I mostly enjoy it and it's hard to replace that sense of accomplishment that comes from it. It's also more fun now, as being FI removes a lot of the stress from it. I say NO a lot more often to clients, pick the projects I want etc.
I mostly stay in SE Asia and other low cost countries, as I tend to enjoy them more than "1st world", so my expenses are pretty low and my investment portfolio is more than enough to cover them, I mostly have real estate and stocks.
Curious if anyone here is in a similar situation, as I get the impression most people here and on other ER communities have families, kids, jobs and retire in their 40s-60s.