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1759: 9 Things To Do To Reach Financial Independence and Retire Early by Christina Browning of Our Rich Journey

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

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How to Calculate Your Fire Number

Start by making a list of all the struggles and challenges that are facing you. You don't even have to come up with these solutions yourselves. There is an entire fire community out there that has had those same challenges. Find these people and gain inspiration from them. If there's a will, there is a way to get this done. Number two, create a pay yourself first budget. The next thing we did was create a budget where we listed and tracked all our expenses. We treated investing like any other bill. It had to get paid every month no matter what. And number three, calculate your fire number. Your fire number refers to the amount of money you need in investments to sustain

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