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 Family Subsidy Nobody Talks About in FIRE
Family support can quietly change the FIRE math. Pretending it does not exist makes plans less honest.
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The Worst-Case Plan You Can Actually Read
A useful worst-case plan is short enough to read during fear and concrete enough to act on.
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The Two-Portfolio Mindset: Safety Money and Aliveness Money
Your portfolio protects survival. Some money should also be assigned to aliveness before time makes certain options impossible.
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The Soft Landing Fund: Money for the First Year of Reinvention
Separate your retirement portfolio from the first-year transition fund. The money has a different job.