"Financial Independence Retire Early" does NOT have to mean the end of work.
It just means the end of mandatory work & trading time for money.
A person can be retired from conventional work, use investments to cover their expenses & still work on projects they enjoy.
If a married couple earns $125,000, let's say after tax their take home is $93,000.
If they can live on 65% of that, they would have around $32,550/yr to invest.
Assuming index funds & 8.5% annual return? In about 16 years they'd have $1,029,432.
Middle class millionaires💰👌🏻