Memento mori · Memento vivere
Embrace life’s impermanence.
Live fully now.
Why prolong a miserable wage-slave existence for a few extra years of senility? SuicideFIRE is a thought experiment, a philosophy, and — for some — a financial plan. Walk away with your dignity intact.
Three threads
Financial Independence
The math of walking away. FIRE numbers, withdrawal rates, and what “enough” actually means when the finish line isn’t ninety-five.
Life Choices
Stoicism, mortality, and what the Greeks already knew. How accepting an end-date can make every day before it sharper.
Resources
Calculators, reading lists, and the few podcasts worth your time. Tools to model the trade you’re contemplating.
Recent essays
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The Things You Can Stop Wanting
A good life is not only built by getting what you want. It is also built by deleting wants that were installed by people who profit from your restlessness.
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The Optionality Trap
Optionality is useful until it becomes a religion. Some people keep working not because they need more money, but because every extra dollar preserves a life they will never choose.
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Your FIRE Number Should Shrink Every Birthday
Most FIRE plans treat your number as static. It should not be. Every birthday reduces the amount of life your portfolio has to fund.
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The Job Is Not the Cage. The Identity Is.
Most people who say they are trapped by work are trapped by something stranger: the identity work gave them. The badge comes off before the self-image does.