Because your withdrawal rate is the metric that best describes your financial independence status . It ' s based on the two things that it all comes down to invested assets and expense level . Someone could have $ 500 , 000 in the bank but a SWR of 20 %. The guy with $ 100 , 000 in the bank and a SWR of 10 % is still better off in my world anyway . It ' s also a great way to track your progress towards FI and a good way to keep motivated . Your savings rate could help you calculate when you will be FI . <| sep |> Fuck sake , BBC 6 Music , play fucking Pearl Jam already . <| sep |> First time visiting this sub and it ' s nice to see a review of this perspective . I ' m in the same boat , I ' ve not really been a gamer for a good few years now but FF games were such a big part of my growing up that I find myself drawn back into whittling away hours of my life playing the new instalment ! Must say that I ' m genuinely looking forward to getting my copy and getting it up on my projector . On the music , I ' m so far inclined to agree based on the previews . I always thought FF soundtracks stood out from the typical Hollywoodesque orchestral scores Not that these type of scores are bad . . Everyone seems to want to be a Hans Zimmer these days ! But I guess with the everclosing gap between the mediums maybe it ' s felt that the more melodicallydriven Uematsustyle scores may seem a bit dated to developers .