ziggy29
Moderator Emeritus
I don't know that it's "wiring." I just think folks driven by FIRE prefer the good feeling of financial independence and what it brings to quality of life over the fleeting "feeling" they get from buying more and more stuff.
I know I tend to look at potential large purchases now in terms of how much more indentured servitude to my employers it will bring me. A new car? Three more years of servitude. A big flat screen TV? Another three months of servitude. All the work I'd like to have done on the house? Five years of servitude.
And when I look at it that way, the "stuff" that seems so alluring loses a lot of its appeal.
I know I tend to look at potential large purchases now in terms of how much more indentured servitude to my employers it will bring me. A new car? Three more years of servitude. A big flat screen TV? Another three months of servitude. All the work I'd like to have done on the house? Five years of servitude.
And when I look at it that way, the "stuff" that seems so alluring loses a lot of its appeal.