"It started in early 2019 when I heard a news segment on the radio that people were retiring in their 30s through a movement called FIRE: Financial Independence, Retire Early. The premise seemed simple: Live frugally and invest aggressively until you can live off your savings and the interest for the rest of your life. I was immediately intrigued. Six years earlier, my husband and I had opened a wine store and bar in the UK, where we're from,"
"In July 2019, at age 34, I started investing aggressively, and for 15 months, it was practically all I thought about. At the time, my husband and I already had around £233,000 from previous savings and the equity in our house, which we planned to sell one day, along with our business, to travel full-time. I had no idea that just a few years later, I'd find myself in a moral dilemma over my investments, which would see me quit FIRE."
Charlie Brown discovered the FIRE movement in early 2019 and was drawn to its promise of retiring in the 30s by living frugally and investing aggressively. At age 34, Charlie began investing heavily and focused on index funds for about 15 months. Prior savings and house equity amounted to roughly £233,000, and a wine store and bar previously opened in the UK provided a path to sell assets for travel. In 2020, the business sale and house sale freed more cash for investments, belongings were sold, and later a moral dilemma about investments prompted leaving the FIRE path and shifting to freelance writing.
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