Is it just me or does it seem like CoastFIRE is the hottest new thing that everyone is obsessing over. I feel like every new post and every new YouTube video that I see is people talking about CoastFIRE.

When I was first starting out it was fun to chase the closest milestone which was CoastFIRE but after hitting it I didn’t really understand the point of it. I’ve always had a work is to make money type mentality and if I’m working I want to make as much $ as possible for my time and the idea of switching to a new job that is chiller is very unlikely to find and the idea of reducing my hourly return seems silly when at the end of the day it’s work and within a year the fun aspect is going to end and its going to be just doing the same thing over and over again.

Do you think CoastFIRE is really a good idea?

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Context on my background: 32M, $1.4M NW, Married, No Kids, FIRE goal of $5M + paid off house.