Coast Fire Prompt
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Act as a financial independence expert. Please calculate my Coast FIRE number and timeline based on the following details:
First ask me question 1 by 1 for each of the following:
Current Age:
Target Retirement Age:
Desired Annual Living Expenses in Retirement:
Current Invested Net Worth:
Expected Annual Real Rate of Return (inflation-adjusted): [e.g., 5% or 7%]
Safe Withdrawal Rate: [e.g., 4%]
After this, please provide: 1. My full FIRE number needed at retirement. 2. My exact Coast FIRE number needed today to grow via compounding alone with zero further contributions. 3. Whether I have reached Coast FIRE yet, and if not, the financial gap. 4. A year-by-year or milestone projection of how my current investments will grow by my target retirement age.