I wonder how much it will take???????

A very common question is how much will it take to be financially independent and join the "Take This Job and Shove It" club. Of course, that is part of what we do to help our clients and have some pretty sophisticated tools to determine "a number" based on a wide variety of assumptions. As good as these tools are sometimes we just are looking for the quick answer either for reassurance or additional validation.

This post at Millionaire Mommy Next Door goes through four of these short answer results. Since I'm kind of a "belt and suspenders" type of person I tend to look at these as the minimum hurdle to jump over to feel financially secure. Clearly a more analytical approach will provide additional validation and likely should be done but for when your tossing and turning in the middle of the night these may come in handy.