When I first started My Sweet Retirement, I wrote about The Path to Financial Freedom which is about the underlying hard work and dedication to achieve our own determined success. All of us define our own success differently. Some people define success as climbing to the top of the corporate ladder. Entrepreneurs define success as being their own boss and not having to work for others. For a few financial bloggers I knew, they often define achieve FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) as our success. The recent post “How Much Are You Paying For Financial Independence?” written by Brian has inspired me to reflect on the effort and hardship that I have put in towards my vision of a sweet retirement. My past experience of being retrenched without any compensation has sparked me to scrimp, save and invest hard...