Afford Anything

Guess what? The Washington Post published an interview with me about the Financial Independence, Retire Early movement (the FIRE movement). They asked if it’s possible to save half of your income. They asked about the accuracy of Suze Orman’s statement that you’ll need $5 million to retire early. (Spoiler alert: No. You don’t.) And they asked if everyone who reaches financial independence then spends their time blogging about said topic, because if that’s true, then what’s the point? (I answered a similar question in this week’s podcast episode, as well.) Here’s a snippet from the Washington Post interview: Q: What appeals to you about FIRE? When I graduated from college in 2005, I accepted a job as a newspaper reporter with … View This Post