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The FIRE Exit
Glossary

F-you money

Enough money to walk away from a job, a client or a situation the moment it stops deserving you, without financial fear. It doesn't have to mean full financial independence; the phrase, popularised in the FIRE world by JL Collins, describes slack, not a finish line.

What it means for you

Long before your full number, a cushion this size already changes how you work: the option to say no is a kind of power.

My take

The money past every plan: the lifestyle doesn't need it and neither does the retirement. You can just blow it on whatever you want: a problem, a convenience, a whim.

Read the thinkingOwn your time Notes from a talk I gave on financial independence, tightened up. None of it is advice. It's just how I think about money.

Every term, in plain English, on one page: the full glossary. Education, not advice.

Bring me a challenge.

The Exit Audit, then ninety minutes: a straight verdict, real alternatives with their pros and cons, and your first move. If you want someone to nod along, I’m the wrong person to pay.

Ninety minutes, online, €600. The Exit Audit included.