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I want to go barista FIRE at age 42, earning about $25,000 part-time, and spend $45,000 a year in retirement — can you project when I'd hit full financial independence using a 7% return, 3% inflation, and a 4% safe withdrawal rate?","exampleUseCases":[{"title":"Early part-time transition planning","prompt":"I'm 35 with $200,000 invested, make $100,000 full-time, and spend $60,000 a year. I want to switch to a $30,000-a-year part-time gig at age 42 and live on $50,000 in retirement. With a 7% return rate, 3% inflation, and 4% withdrawal rate, when would I reach full financial independence?"},{"title":"Late-career semi-retirement feasibility","prompt":"I'm 50 years old with $500,000 in investments and a $120,000 salary. I spend $70,000 a year but plan to cut to $55,000 in retirement. If I go part-time at 55 and earn $20,000 a year, how long until I'm fully financially independent? Assume 7% returns, 3% inflation, 4% SWR."},{"title":"Aggressive early FIRE with side hustle","prompt":"I'm 28, currently have $80,000 saved, earn $75,000 annually, and spend $40,000 a year. I want to quit full-time work at 38 and do freelance work bringing in $18,000 a year, spending $35,000 in retirement. Can you model my barista FIRE timeline with default investment return, inflation, and withdrawal rate assumptions?"}],"resultDescription":"The endpoint returns a simulation of the user's net worth year by year through the full-time savings phase and the barista (part-time income) phase, along with the projected age or year at which the user achieves full financial independence (portfolio fully covers spending without any earned income).","failureModes":["Missing required fields (currentAge, baristaAge, currentNetWorth, etc.) return validation errors","baristaAge set to or before currentAge may cause degenerate or empty full-time phase","Very high spending relative to income and net worth may result in an unreachable FIRE target (infinite projection)","Incorrect rate formats (e.g. passing 7 instead of 0.07) may produce wildly incorrect projections","Negative or zero income/net worth inputs may cause computation errors"],"whenToPreferThis":"Choose this endpoint when a user wants to model a two-phase retirement strategy: a full-time savings phase followed by a semi-retirement phase with part-time or side income, specifically targeting eventual full financial independence. It is distinct from standard FIRE calculators (which assume a single retirement date) and Coast FIRE calculators (which assume no further contributions after a lump sum). Use it when partial earned income after leaving full-time work is a key variable in the retirement plan.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-09-15T06:41:46.195Z","isFirstParty":false}