Set It On Fire

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is today."-What is this book about?This book will teach you how to achieve financial independence in the shortest amount of time possible. It profiles people who have achieved financial independence and retired early. Sometimes VERY early.Why does this book exist?The traditional concept of retirement is a weird one.At some point, society decided everyone should spend their younger and healthier years trading their time for money with the hope that maybe someday you will have enough money so you don't need to work anymore.What if there was a better way? That’s what this book explores.What is FIRE?F.I.R.E. is an acronym: Financially Independent, Retired Early or Financial Independence, Retire Early or whatever close variation of those words you like the best. There are online fights about the “right” version. There are no fights in this book, only love (and occasional jokes).People who make less than you have done it. People with less education than you have done it. People with fewer skills than you have done it. Why not you, too?Why should you listen to me?Maybe you shouldn't! I am a flawed human, just like every other human (except that one ex-girlfriend of mine who never made a mistake in her entire life).Anyone who claims to have all the answers is either delusional, trying to sell you something or trying to start a religion.I fit in none of those categories. I am simply a conduit of information.There are other perspectives and other approaches that might work better for you than what is covered in this book.However…I reached financial independence at the age of 41. Does that mean I'm sitting on millions in a bank account and a collection of mansions, yachts and lamborghinis?Nope!I was not handed a trust fund, I have no massive bank account from lottery winnings, I was not an early employee at some startup and I have no sugar mama.It does not even feel like a big deal. All I did was make some financial decisions that were a little uncommon,