Welcome to Government FIRE!

 Welcome to Government FIRE, my fellow civil servants!

The aim of this blog is to help you calculate how soon you can retire early, government style.

If you are new to FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early), welcome!  No, you are not chained to your desk until 57 or whatever your minimum retirement age is.  I will share FIRE and general finance resources that I have found helpful.

If you are thinking you need to save 25 times your annual budget to retire early, think again.

US government workers usually have pensions, and some have special retirement plans that allow for early withdrawal, penalty free.  There are also generous matching provisions for the retirement plans.

I'm here to help you revise the equations you've read about in FIRE books and blogs to better reflect when you may reach your FI target.


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