Picture Credits to hustleventuresg. This is part 3 of my I can (theoretically)  retire, so can you?! post.  Didnt mean it to be a trilogy. It's not as if it's a blockbuster or something. 😅 Part 1: Here Part 2: Here Yeah, so i was saying i think i have achieved FIRE, but the basic version Barista version since I would want to earn some bucks along the way. . I first came across this term 6-7 years ago when i first started this blog. The concept of it forms the basis of the endgame for my worklife, to retire early and stop working.  It is nothing daunting. The term FIRE sounds very cool and revolutionary , but the concept is really simple. It's just someone out there who has a very good marketing mind decided to just give it a cool abbreviation. FIRE! Which basically means Financial Independence, Retire Early. This is how the world works....