I love the concept of becoming financially independent and retiring early. In fact, when I was introduced a few years ago to the online FIRE community, my first thought was that I started seeking FIRE before the acronym was even a keystroke on any blogger's keyboard. In fact, we often spent downtime on the trading desk talking about what our, "number," would be, just like FIRE folks are always talking about their FI number. There's nothing wrong with dreaming, and there's a t