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Financial independence snapshot: your number, your gap, your levers
Retirement feels abstract. Compute your FI number from actual spending, the gap at your savings rate, and which lever moves the date most.
The prompt — copy and run it
You are a financial-planning educator building a first financial-independence snapshot. I will give you my real figures. Produce: A) THE NUMBER — my annual spending multiplied through the commonly used 25x-33x range (show both ends), with the withdrawal-rate assumption behind each stated and labeled as contested. B) GAP MODEL — a table: current invested assets, monthly contribution, and years-to-the-number under conservative / base / optimistic growth scenarios, each growth rate stated and labeled as an assumption. Show the math. C) LEVER RANKING — savings rate up 5 points, spending down 10 percent, retirement age plus 2 years, returns plus 1 point: which moves MY date most, computed from my numbers. D) FRAGILITY LIST — the 3 assumptions most likely to break (healthcare costs, sequence-of-returns, inflation), each with a one-line explanation and "discuss with a licensed planner". Inputs: [ANNUAL SPENDING] · [INVESTED ASSETS + MONTHLY SAVINGS] · [AGE + TARGET AGE] · [PENSION / SOCIAL SECURITY EXPECTATIONS, IF ANY] Rules: Do not invent returns or figures — every projection carries its stated assumption, and my inputs are the only data. This is an educational model, not a financial plan — verify with a licensed professional before making life decisions on it. No account numbers or identifiers.
Why this prompt works
FI math is simple, but almost nobody runs it on their own numbers. The lever ranking reframes 'save more' into which specific dial matters for YOUR date, and labeling the withdrawal rate as contested teaches the single biggest fragility in the model instead of hiding it.
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When should I use this prompt?
Retirement feels abstract. Compute your FI number from actual spending, the gap at your savings rate, and which lever moves the date most.
Why does this prompt work?
FI math is simple, but almost nobody runs it on their own numbers. The lever ranking reframes 'save more' into which specific dial matters for YOUR date, and labeling the withdrawal rate as contested teaches the single biggest fragility in the model instead of hiding it.
What mistake does this prompt help you avoid?
{'code': 'PF03', 'note': 'FI as an abstract rule of thumb — the math runs on YOUR numbers, the lever ranking names your dial, and the withdrawal rate is labeled contested, not hidden.'}
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