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Chasing FIRE: My Journey Towards Early Retirement - TikTok

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Do I still want to retire by 40? I've actually been getting this question quite a lot so I thought I'd answer it. If you don't know, I'm 24 years old and I want to retire by 40, which means that I have 16 years to invest aggressively in the stock market so that I can reach this thing called my fire number. Fire stands for financial independence retire early and it's essentially a movement that states that retirement isn't about an age, it's about a number. It's rejecting the notion that you have to retire at 65. So I had this whole plan that I was going to do my 95, my side hustle, which is content creation. Circumstances changed and actually my content creation went really well and my 95 was not doing so well. Instead of looking for another job, I thought why not give this a shot? I've proven to myself that I can earn this income so that's why I quit. In terms of do I still want to retire by 40? The whole thing is that I wanted autonomy. Being self-employed particularly in content creation, I have total time, location and financial freedom. Those are all three things that I wanted from the fire movement so in a sense I've already achieved it. I still stand by the fact that I would love to get to my big number which is 1.25 million, but I actually hope that I do it before 40. Maybe that sounds big-headed or ambitious. I think I'll get there by determination. My plans to retire by 40 are my worst case scenario. I hope that I can achieve that level of financial freedom sooner than that.

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I'm about to destroy everything you think you know about retirement... and why waiting until 65 is the BIGGEST scam ever sold to you.

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Everyone's asking if I still want to retire by 40. Here's the plot twist nobody saw coming...

I'm 24. Most people my age are getting drunk and complaining about student loans. I'm out here planning to never work again by 40. Crazy? Maybe. Impossible? Watch me.

Here's what your parents never told you: retirement isn't about age. It's about hitting ONE number. It's called your FIRE number - Financial Independence Retire Early. While everyone's accepting that 65-year prison sentence, I'm breaking out 25 years early.

But wait... it gets better.

I had this master plan: grind my 9-5, hustle my content on the side, invest like a maniac for 16 years straight. Then my 9-5 started failing me. My "side hustle"? It exploded.

So I did something that terrifies most people...

I quit. No backup plan. No safety net. Just pure faith in myself.

Plot twist number two: I think I've already won.

See, I wanted three things from retirement - time freedom, location freedom, financial freedom. Being self-employed in content? I got all three. At 24.

But here's where it gets REALLY interesting...

My goal is still 1.25 million. But retiring at 40? That's my WORST case scenario now. I'm coming for that number way sooner.

Call me delusional. Call me ambitious. But while you're waiting for "someday," I'm building my someday right now.

Want to know exactly how I'm planning to hit seven figures before 30? Comment "FIRE" and I'll spill everything...

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Title:

Chasing FIRE: My Journey Towards Early Retirement - TikTok

URL: https://www.tiktok.com/@miarosemcgrath/video/7555412333124685078

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Category: Finance

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Created Mar 14, 04:56