What we’re about
Update 1/26/25
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~ Mike Phillips
folkefire
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Are you pursuing the radical path of financial independence and early retirement (FIRE)? This is a big tent party - spanning SlowFI to FatFI and all iterations in between. Let's get together to discuss our philosophy of money and LIVING LIFE. Whether you're already financially independent, on your way, or curious about how to get started, we'd love to have you.
Our main rules are
> 1. be nice and encourage genuine conversation,
> 2. don't lecture or take up too much space,
> 3. have empathy and sensitivity for our different stations and/or journey.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES via Mike P
Please check out this URL at my website where I offer more resources and learnings from my own FIRE journey: https://www.folkefire.com/fire
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Frugal FIRE HackathonDick's Primal Burger, Portland, OR
We don't spend a ton of time exploring the frugal aspects of FIRE. I admit I make jokes at frugality's expense (pun intended) because I fancy myself as an aspiring Fat FIRE adherent. All I need is the FAT part and I'm set!
That said, frugality is something that archaeologists may agree is chiseled into the founding principles of FIRE's commandments. Rooted in the teachings of Vicki Robin or Pete Adeney; frugality is about conscious spending and saving. It rejects consumerism and belabors spending money on unnecessary things or experiences as a legitimate hurdle to FI.
This Meetup idea spun out of a recommendation from regulars that posed the following:
What if we used our time to share all of the frugality hacks we know, and had someone write down a list of everything that was said, and then share everything in a Google Doc (or similar) after the meeting?
I love that idea!
They shared the example of an app that helps users to save money on restaurant food just by adapting where and when they eat. Other members have shared house hacking strategies, grocery shopping tactics, places to buy affordable tech, etc etc etc. Bring your ideas and share away and our volunteer scribe Patrice will write them all down and share later!
Agenda
- intros
- Quick FIRE overview for newbies
- Featured Topic: share YOUR favorite frugality hack
- write down all frugal hacks shared
- share via Meetup after meeting
