Fireman Works 2024

I’m the FIREman. I don’t extinguish house fires; I’m pursuing the Financial Independence/Retire Early type of FIRE.

I’m a 20-something-year-old Data Analyst, and this blog is a way for me to chronicle my journey and the lessons I’ve learned. While keeping track of my journey, I hope I can also show people what life really looks like while trying to reach financial independence, and help more people do it.

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There are other great FIRE blogs; I discovered the community when I stumbled across the Mr. Money Mustache blog. But, while reading the success stories of financially independent people was sometimes inspiring, it felt so far off. I was still a student when I found the FIRE community, and I wanted something a little more tangible.

So I’m creating it myself. I’m trying to reach financial independence by my 30th birthday, and, succeed or fail, I want to document my journey. I don’t want to try to recall how I reached FIRE; I want documentation of it. And I want to give you the perspective of someone chasing FIRE, with all the success and failures along the way.

I started this blog just after graduating from college, right before beginning my first career job. From start to end, I want to see if I can make financial independence possible. With this blog, I can share what I’ve learned, and how much I’ve earned, at every step of my career. Hopefully, I can help more people achieve their financial dreams, and learn a few things from you all too.

I know there will be ups and downs. My last two years of college were marked by a global pandemic that, at the time of writing, hasn’t ended. Inflation is at a 40-year high. It won’t be a straightforward journey. But that’s why I’m writing. Will you join me on my journey?