FIRE-itis. An imaginary disease that when afflicted, causes the infected to pursue early retirement immediately regardless of their financial readiness. Full-time employment is no longer an option. Consider this a sequel to the blog post that I wrote last year. In it, I briefly assessed my situation with regards to the possibility of pursuing early retirement regardless of my level of readiness. It was an extremely fun and humbling exercise that revealed a possible route in a world that is presumably free from COVID-19 despite relying on sub-optimal numbers that were not yet built for the Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE) movement. To be honest, it is very much like being in a roleplaying game. My “skill-tree” in 2020 was built in such a way that tackles the issue of asset accumulation efficiently. Since then, I have somewhat “re-specialized” (re-spec) by getting my skill points “refunded” and re-allocating them in...