Greencheese
Recycles dryer sheets
- Joined
- Oct 6, 2013
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Out of curiosity how did/do you stay motivated early on in your quest to RE? Long story short, I'm putting probably just over $2k each month towards my FIRE fund and have hit just shy of $50k. I feel that compounding interest will finally start taking a noticeable/motivational effect (aka grow faster than I contribute) at $250k for me. But since most of my friends are not looking to FIRE they aren't saving like I am, they're living it up and spending that extra $1k-$2k they earn each month that I'm not. How did you motivate yourself during the early years when the FIRE fund was still small? ER is far more attractive to me than a Ford GT or brand new $3k computers, but shiny things today always have that temptation over extra shiny things tomorrow.