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Re:New Temperature Records for the UK by ticviking on Saturday January 01, 2022 @02:20PM (#29761682)
If you only spend %50 of your paycheck, and invest the savings well it's basically 5-10 years to FIRE.

It's more complicated than I make it sound there but ultimately it's a matter of deciding it's important to you to do this and making it happen.

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Re:New Temperature Records for the UK by hunter-gatherer on Saturday January 01, 2022 @02:58PM (#29762027)
I think it is closer to investing 70% for a 10 year target, actually. And that is a pretty "great case" scenario.
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Re:New Temperature Records for the UK by Retric on Saturday January 01, 2022 @03:21PM (#29762290)
Yea, there is often an unspoken assumption of moving to some ultra cheap location which is central to those ultra short time periods. If you can live on 10% of your income in retirement then you can save that up very quickly.
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