Exactly. Give me a boat, BMW, corvette, and fur coat today and I'll put it on eBay tomorrow. After growing up with very limited resources, I immediately did ok for myself out of college. Bought myself a luxury car since that is what to do in investment banking. Hated it. Sold it 6 months later and got a modest car. Realized I hate worrying about where I park, is it washed, etc. Rather have a car I don't give a shit about.
On the FIRE front, I ran into old buddy at Pinkertons a year ago. It was like a Wednesday and he was sweaty and in shorts so I asked him what's up. He said he did FIRE and retired at 46. He said he goes on Craigslist whenever he feels like making a little money and that day, he had cleared a field for a real estate development firm. Made 200 before lunch and said he might or might not work again that week. He was a management consultant at one of the big time firms making bank and he said he was happier than he has ever been doing odd jobs rather than traveling to London and pitching some bs ideas.
His personal financial model said he had to make $36k per year to do what he needs to do. I am following same thought process and think I'm 6 years out...unless we decide to stick daughter into St John's or something.