In one of the reader exchange mails, the reader talks about the possibility of her spouse and herself getting to a point of financial independence soon. I think many young folks starting out in life now have it better with more local resources like these around. Back then we didn’t and we have to figure out a lot of these on our own through book reading. But I digress. On this topic whether it is possible, the main problem here is always making HARD CHOICES. What the reader is wanting is not going to be the norm of society and that is where they are likely to encounter much pushbacks from society. So I explained a simulation how someone as well endowed as themselves can realistically get to where they want. A key note on financial independence is how THEY define it, and so it may differ greatly from YOU. ......