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My Job Requires Me to Travel. Why That's Perfect for a FIRE Lifestyle.

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Working in the professional services industry, I often feel like my life is constantly on the move. I pride myself in having a face-to-face relationship with my clients, and I enjoy the escape from the same old cubicle every day, but sometimes the long hours on the road and the packing almost every Sunday night can be a bit exhausting. If you travel for work, I'm sure you have your own list of pros and cons that you've come up with from your own experiences. Sometimes I love it, and sometimes I hate it. But if there's one thing that I have learned over the years, traveling for work can help support a FIRE lifestyle. What is FIRE? If you frequent personal finance blogs/twitter/etc. I'm sure you've seen the acronym FIRE thrown around quite a bit. FIRE seems to be somewhat of a buzzword that's really taken off over the past year or so, and the FIRE movement has gained quite a large following judging on the number of articles I've seen on various fina