Playing With FIRE Documentary

[hojo-e]

https://www.playingwithfire.co/the-documentary/

I read about it in the article in the New York Times yesterday
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/styl ... early.html

[Stahlmann]

Boring.

In retirement, Mr. Jensen and his wife and two daughters plan to live on roughly $40,000 a year generated from investments.

Mr. Long couldn’t continue to work and collect his $150,000 salary.

...

“There were days when I had 12- or 14-hour shifts where I didn’t use the restroom, where I didn’t eat, because so much work was piled up on me,” Mr. Long said.

Q: Is it true that Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov from Moscow won a car in a lottery?

A: In principle yes, but:
it wasn't Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov but Aleksander Aleksandrovich Aleksandrov;
he is not from Moscow but from Odessa;
it was not a car but a bicycle;
he didn't win it, but it was stolen from him.

After hearing a podcast interview with Mr. Money Mustache, a.k.a., Pete Adeney, who The New Yorker called “the Frugal Guru”

ok.

[jacob]

I was scheduled to fly to Austin, TX to get interviewed by them back in June... but was then informed that they ran out of money (it's independently funded).

I haven't heard anything since June. Maybe they forgot about me or maybe they decided to go in a different direction (e.g. high-earning millenials)?!

[Stahlmann]

Whoa... That's sad

At least your site is listed at their page.

[jacob]

I pinged them.

Right now I'm just flying a holding pattern. I got plenty of fuel.

[Mister Imperceptible]

https://seekingalpha.com/article/420409 ... e-movement

“If everybody did it, it wouldn’t work.....even tho I’m doing it. Please continue to spend 30% of your money on consumption so I can continue to collect dividends.”