u/zebraCokes

I’m struggling with my motivation relatively early in my FIRE journey. My wife and I are 30 and 29. We have $360k invested across all accounts and own a house. We’re on a great path right now, but I realistically know that we’re looking at an age 50-55 retirement given our goals and the fact that we’ll be having kids. We plan to set aside money for them for college and weddings.

The calculator says we’re on a great pace for our age, and that makes me not want to work. With current pace and 7% returns, we’ll hit 5M by 55. I’m also just genuinely losing interest in my corporate work, but I know that it’s essential to our long term goals.

I’m not asking for a solution. Really just venting. On a positive note, I’m so happy that we’re even able to achieve this.

What is being a beginner, intermediate, advanced lifter? How would you define it?

There’s obviously no right answer like “once you bench 225 you’re intermediate”. That said, lots of articles about lifting reference different levels and some routines say that they’re more geared towards intermediate vs advanced lifters. Would you consider any years of experience or strength benchmarks as an indicator?