January 2019 marks a significant turning point of a momentous timeframe that we had set out for ourselves – 600 days away from our countdown towards FI. We had never shared our “magic numbers” and there has generally been some speculations by readers and other fellow bloggers with regards to what those numbers might be. We choose not to share it for privacy and also, part of the bigger reason being that we did not think those numbers should be used as a gauge for achieving FI. Every household, family and individual is different and the number that might work for us might not for others.

However, the truth is that our “magic numbers” are a lot lower than what most would have thought, partially also because we are striving towards LeanFI more so than FatFI. In fact, it may appear significantly lower than many other local financial bloggers.

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