Isn't the entire goal of FIRE to have the freedom to do whatever you choose every day?
I personally did it so that if/when I chose to work again so that it would never mean working for someone else again... but to each their own. !!
It all depends how you define freedom. I retired after 44 years in a job that I loved and looked forward to coming to work in the morning because it is challenging and satisfying. Money is not a problem in my life and my standard of living is much higher than my peers who hated their job and retired early. My much higher standard of living is my “freedom”. While I was working I had freedom after 5 pm during the week and the weekends. I also had one month of paid vacation every year.
With my increased wealth, I was able to attract a younger woman to be my wife. My young beautiful wife is a business owner with employees working for her. Being her own boss is her “freedom”. Both of us are happy. For those people who retired early at a lesser standard of living than ours…then I can only say to each their own.
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