One of many sudden advantages of pursuing FIRE (monetary independence, retire early) is attending to be a part of the group that has constructed round this motion. Happening the journey in the direction of FIRE is nice, nevertheless it’s made even higher when you possibly can be taught and go on that journey with others – to not point out make some new buddies within the course of. It’s been attention-grabbing to see how the idea of FIRE has developed as increasingly folks find out about it and impart their very own views and beliefs into it.
Final week, I attended a screening of the brand new documentary, Enjoying With Hearth, that was arrange by our native Select FI Twin Cities group. As a pro-tip, these Select FI teams are positively value becoming a member of if you wish to be taught extra about FIRE and change into a part of a group. My suggestion is to hitch the principle Select FI Fb group after which get your self related together with your native Select FI group. If I hadn’t been part of these teams, I wouldn’t have even recognized about this film screening.
The film itself was packed, with over 160 folks in attendance. After the film, a number of of us met up at a bar to satisfy one another and be taught extra about what introduced us in the direction of FIRE and what we’ve been doing on our journeys. I realized about what others had been doing on their path towards FIRE. And I spit a few of my data about all of my gig apps and the way I take advantage of them in my life.
It’s all the time enjoyable to be taught from others and I additionally really feel like I’ve some attention-grabbing issues to share with folks as nicely.
Enjoying With Hearth: What Is It About?
Enjoying With Hearth is a documentary that follows a younger household, Scott and Taylor Rieckens and their toddler daughter, discovering the FIRE motion and getting down to change their life. Their story begins like a lot of our tales start – two mother and father residing the traditional American life. A pleasant automotive. A elaborate home. They appear to be doing fairly nicely, residing a traditional, upper-middle-class life. However they’re additionally trapped within the very life they’ve created.
Their story begins to vary as soon as they uncover the FIRE motion and start to actually assess the issues they worth in life. Apparently sufficient (as many people in all probability uncover), they discover that their spending doesn’t actually align with their values. And from there, they make the drastic transfer of promoting all the things, transferring in with their mother and father quickly, and determining what it’s they’re actually on the lookout for. Finally, after studying extra about FIRE and touring throughout the nation for a number of months, they decide on a transfer to Bend, Oregon.
All through the film, we get a sprinkling of interviews with lots of the huge names within the FIRE motion, together with Vicki Robin, Mr. Cash Mustache, JL Collins, Mad Fientist, Select FI, and Millennial Revolution. All of them drop some data, not nearly FIRE and tips on how to make investments and save, but additionally simply how to consider life.
The movie doesn’t essentially finish as a result of it’s ranging from the start of this younger household’s FIRE journey. Alongside the best way, we are able to see their struggles as they need to make that mindset shift from the everyday, upper-middle-class household, to somebody venturing alongside their very own FIRE path.
It was an attention-grabbing documentary to look at, and at solely 76 minutes, it gained’t take up a whole lot of your time.
Closing Ideas
I feel Enjoying With Hearth is an efficient introduction to what the FIRE motion is about and it has the benefit of utilizing a medium that’s by no means been used to speak about FIRE earlier than. Enjoying With Hearth is the primary film about FIRE, which has the potential to introduce this lifestyle and pondering to a wholly new viewers that wouldn’t in any other case be focused on blogs, books, podcasts, Youtube movies, or the opposite numerous methods folks eat content material.
One lesson I feel lots of people might take away from this film is that hardly ever are we actually caught the place we’re, despite the fact that we’d really feel that method. Lots of people get into the behavior of telling themselves what’s and isn’t attainable – however we frequently overlook that we’ve got much more management of our lives than we predict.
On this case, the Rieckens (the topics of this film), merely packed up all the things and moved, finally settling down in a lower-cost metropolis that they believed made sense to them. Admittedly, that they had the advantage of with the ability to transfer in with their mother and father whereas they made this transfer – one thing that isn’t obtainable to everybody – however the basic concept continues to be there.
There’s no actual FIRE roadmap you possibly can observe – and that’s not what this film is attempting to do. It’s sharing an instance of somebody’s journey. The vital factor you possibly can take away from this film is to recollect that you’ve the facility to make modifications to your life and to do the issues that actually make you content.
I think that sooner or later, Enjoying With Hearth will in all probability make its technique to the varied streaming providers, so that you’ll in all probability have the ability to test it out there every time or if it comes out.
