Comments on: What is FU Money? The True Power of an FU Fund

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 19:14:04 +0000

In reply to Kat. I love that you were able to walk out and dance around the public fountain! What a great way to say goodbye to an old job. I'm super jealous ;)

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:52:08 +0000

In reply to Kat. PS: I am Barista FI now, doing flexible, fun part-time non-serious jobs to pay the bills in my 50's, until I can start a basic modest retirement in a decade or so :)

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 18:51:00 +0000

I was able to leave my unhappy job just over a year ago today! I was introduced to FU money shortly after discovering MMM blog posts and FIRE concept. I am so happy that after about 8 years of hard saving (modest income, city worker) and knowing I DID have FU money, I was blessed to walk out the door with a huge smile on my face and even did a FREEDOM dance around the public fountain outside (at 11am on a Friday)! 🙂

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 18:19:42 +0000

In reply to Janey. Actually the number doesn't matter as much as the emotions around that pile of cash or investments. In our case our net worth was in the $1 million range, but I don't know how much of that money was in non-retirement accounts we could access. I could have had less and felt more confident walking out the door if I just thought about the money differently.

By: Janey

Janey — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 21:04:00 +0000

Hi! Can you share what the FU money amount was when you got laid off? That would help readers get an better idea of the situation.

Thank you