Well after a few month of reading though this forum, I am finally finding the courage to introduce myself.
I am 25 years old, living in Paris with my boyfriend. I have been working for a little less than 3 years now after a business school degree (master in finance) and the pleasure of spending money and living "the good life" has only last about 6 months for me
It was very quick for me to discover how empty it is to slave myself in the corporate world and try -desperately- to buy my hapiness in return. Everyday I look around at my colleagues and it really baffles me how satisfied they seem by such a bad deal. So they buy nice clothes, travel a lot, go to the restaurant every other night, go drink at the bar 5 times a week with such enthousiasm it makes me wonder if I don't come from another planet.
I am definitely out of this world !
So that's how I found myself perusing the internet looking for my peers!
I am desperate to leave my job and do something more meaningful (and I am actually quite close from doing it, I am soooo fed up). I know that the common way to do things here is to suck it up for 5-10 years until being FI and then quit. But I just can't. This is too much to handle.
I did the math, though, and if I stick to my career, I can be FI in 5 years, when I turn 30. And, yeah, it does sounds cool, but I just can't picture myself sacrificing the rest of my twenties like that.
I would rather push it another 10 years, but freaking enjoy those 10 years.
So my journey will be mainly about escaping the corporate world, reaching financial independance being more of a secondary objective.
Anyway, I am looking forward to share more with you guys. I will definitely start a journal to track my progress (especially if I leave my company, since I will have to pay even more attention to my spendings).
Cheers !
