‘Playing with FIRE’ follows a couple looking to spend more time with their daughter, and cut their working lives.
An upcoming documentary called “Playing with FIRE” follows a couple in their 30s who are starting their journey in the “financial independence, retire early” movement. After Scott Rieckens hears about this lifestyle on a podcast, he asks his wife, Taylor, to try and join him in a switch to frugality, leaving behind their fancy lifestyle in a San Diego suburb with luxury cars and high-end restaurants.
The documentary also includes commentary from some of the original members of the FIRE movement, such as Mr. Money Mustache and Brandon, the writer behind Mad Fientist.Shakespeare spoke with MarketWatch about the documentary, which will be released later this summer, and the ways to accomplish financial independence:Travis Shakespeare: When I turned 40 years old, my father passed away. He was a school teacher and not a wealthy person, but I inherited $75,000.
FIRE is not a solution for systematic problems like poverty. It is true that the more you make, the faster you can get to financial independence. It is true that student loan debt is also a crisis and that can’t be solved by the FIRE movement.Shakespeare: I lived paycheck to paycheck the bulk of my life. I am sympathetic to someone who is in that situation.
MarketWatch: Aside from the fact they were on the path to FIRE, were there any patterns or similarities you found in the people in the documentary?Shakespeare: On an emotional level. Money is taboo, people do not want to talk about their own personal finance situations. It feels risky. There is this idea, like gee, what if I am doing this wrong? And because there is so little good education around personal financial literacy, it is exacerbated.
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