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by epolanski 856 days ago
Not yet, but I can't see my life behind a computer forever so I'm leaning into car maintenance or agriculture.

But those are all FIRE-like activities, I don't see any realistic way to maintain my income in another field unless I go into extremes.
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itsoktocry 856 days ago
>so I'm leaning into car maintenance...I don't see any realistic way to maintain my income

Plenty of money to be made there, even as a hobbyist out of your garage. Unfortunately, most of the real-world work is also tedious, that part is hard to escape in any job.

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neodypsis 856 days ago
What do you mean by "FIRE-like activities"?
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tareqak 856 days ago
> The FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement is a lifestyle movement with the goal of gaining financial independence and retiring early.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIRE_movement

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epolanski 856 days ago
Jobs I do more because of pleasure and to spend time rather than out of a need for money.
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red-iron-pine 856 days ago
FIRE is retiring early and cashing out. Often achievable for a lot of STEM types, esp. those with access to FAANG tier salaries.

Hit the $1.4 million mark, which has a safe draw of like 35-40k a year without lowering principle, and then chill.

Chill doesn't imply not working, just working on your terms, and a part-time job as a mechanic might be unsustainable normally, but with a FIRE background you could make it work.

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