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firedatingon Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?

Thank you for your kind words! I definitely remember the first 3 months of development when I had 0 users and how it felt. I appreciate your support!

firedatingon Ask HN: Decade-long plan to FIRE starting just under age 40?

FIRE is a lifestyle and in my view the main goal of it is effectivity. Retiring for the sake of retiring does not make one automatically happy. Instead you should understand what makes you happier and optimize for it. As a result, FIRE does not mean "don't spend money", instead it is "don't spend money on stuff you don't care about". Thus, I disagree with commenters framing FIRE as "living in poverty to live in poverty without a job". One can be FIRE (or on track to) and still live a great life spending enough money to be happy.

That's why I think your question is a bit backward. Instead of wanting to reach FIRE in 10 years, try to understand why you want it. FIRE is just a tool giving you ~40 additional hours per week. Why do you want this time? If one is unhappy with their life before FIRE, they will just have 40 more hours to be unhappy.

firedatingon Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?

I develop https://firedating.me - my hobby project and a place for FIRE (Financial Independence / Retire Early) enthusiasts to find friends and a partner. My goal is to help FIRE people build meaningful connections and decrease the amount of loneliness in the community.

I don't make any money, instead I've spent around $130 and 400 hours so far. It is actually a lot of fun to learn web development and encounter various unexpected challenges everyday. There are also rewarding aspects - 9 couples, who met through the site, have reached out to me and were grateful. This feeling of changing people's lives in this way is amazing! I have no clue where this brings me, but I enjoy it so much. I try to spend at least 1.5 hours a day in 2021. In 2020 I had a goal to spend at a least 1 hour a day on my side projects and that's how firedating was born ;)