Hello, my friends and potential FIRE-seekers. Time for an update! So sorry that my “first month update really soon” turned out to be 18 weeks later. For the past few months, I have been trying to live on an assumed alternative income of $2,750 per month as part of my real-life experiment in preparation for the FIRE lifestyle. If this is your first time reading about it, a brief re-cap of my definition of FIRE-itis : 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. I have written a few blog posts regarding my thoughts on pursuing FIRE immediately : As mentioned in my previous blog post, expenses are going to fall into one of these four broad categories – Family & DailyWellnessSinking FundsInvest & Savings Travel Lust Minor update to...