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Loving the new site so far!

This is a fantastic post. Thank you for taking the time to share with us, OP.

Would you mind sharing how much in contributions you made throughout this timeframe? This is seriously impressive!

Welcome!!

OP, would be curious to learn more about your journey to reaching FIRE at such a young age if you wouldn't mind sharing.

Appreciate OP for starting this thread. The responses, as always, are top-notch and food for thought.

This is a fascinating topic, thank you OP for starting it!

Thanks, everyone! Looks like it'll be Kyoto instead of Sapparo for December.

Love the update, OP! Appreciate your sharing.

I love the exploratory lunches idea. And when I lived in Texas, the world's best patty melt could be found in any Whataburger!

The article's point about emotional ambivalence really resonated, particularly given the seemingly limitless possibilities that could lay ahead in terms of which identities & purposes could be potentially pursued. I've read many articles on FIRE, etc., but this is one of very few articles which...

What a great article. OP, thank you for sharing!

Heading to Sapparo in mid-December, and looking for any recommendations on places to eat and things to do. We're huge fans of trying local places, hole in the walls, etc, so please send your suggestions!

@Gumby, you may have shared this anecdote on another thread several years ago, and it had a huge effect on me as a then-junior lawyer. It's stayed with me ever since!

No words of advice, but just wanted to thank OP for starting this thread. The post and the subsequent answers provide food for thought.

Hello everyone! Any chance there is someone who is living in Thailand long-term? I'm exploring this option for the future and would be curious to hear about moving from the US, experiences living in Thailand, and finding an apartment/whether I could withdraw money from a US bank account/etc.

I'm in a few personal-finance discord channels, and it's a nice avenue to chat with people in real time about budgets, ER, etc.

OP, I don't have anything to contribute to the thread, just to express my gratitude for starting it. The original post and the subsequent replies have been really educational for me. Look forward to following the continued discussion.

"I'm a perfectionist so I force myself to get straight As every time." I realize this statement was in reference to your upcoming degree, but any chance this sentiment of "letting perfect be the enemy of good" is carrying over to other parts of your work life that is contributing to the burnout?

As a card-carrying introvert, I love spending time alone by myself, with my thoughts, and with SO. During the pandemic, I rediscovered some old hobbies and found some new ones, namely: (1) walking (2) looking for spare change while walking (3) finding cheap eats around us (4) blogging every...

Would you mind explaining this part a bit further: "At a certain point, having much more money for me was less about gaining a nicer life than I already had, and more about dealing with the increasing inconvenience it would bring."? What are some examples of "increasing inconvenience it would...

Question: what is an NFT?

This is exactly what I'd be interested in if it were available in the US. Do you (or anyone else who's reading this thread) know why something like this passive crypto index fund isn't available in the US?

A relatively new lawyer FIRE blogger I follow is Attorney Evolved. He is a BigLaw attorney who ER'd in his 30's and his wife still practices in BigLaw.

Thank you for sharing that information. I studied that ETF for a bit over the holidays and ultimately decided not to pull the trigger b/c of the currently unknown costs and its relatively high-ish ER. That is, from its ETF Fact Sheet...