🧮 What gets measured gets managed.
But in FIRE & Bitcoin, what you measure—and how—can be the difference between freedom and frustration.
Here's how to run the numbers without letting them run you 🧵
If your goal is financial independence, how do you know you’re getting closer?
You have to track something. But not everything.
Without meaningful feedback, you’re just flying blind.
FIRE = having enough compounding assets to cover your life without working.
That requires knowing:
💸 What you spend
📈 What your portfolio is worth
Only then can you chart a clear path to freedom.
I run my numbers over coffee most mornings.
No apps. No budgeting down to the penny.
Just a simple spreadsheet that tracks:
💵 Cash in & out
📈 Portfolio value
💸 Trailing 12-month expenses
🎯 FIRE target using the 4% rule
10 minutes. Huge clarity.
Why not track every detail? Because the Pareto Principle applies here...
A few key inputs drive almost all the progress.
The rest is noise.
And worse: it can become spreadsheet theater.
Bitcoiners do the same. We love data.
We obsess over:
🔸Exchange balances
🔸Hash rates
🔸MVRV
🔸On-chain flows
But most of it offers zero edge.
It's comfort theater—metrics to soothe uncertainty.
Here’s the trap:
📉 Mistaking information for insight
📊 Mistaking activity for progress
🛑 Mistaking measurement for mastery
Tracking numbers should be a tool, not a crutch.
Run the numbers to:
✔️ Gain clarity
✔️ Make better decisions
✔️ Spot inefficiencies
✔️ Stay honest
Not to feel falsely in control.
FIRE + bitcoin = radical transparency
Both demand:
⏳ Long-term thinking
💪 Discipline
🧘 Comfort with uncertainty
Don’t waste that gift by measuring the wrong things.
📩 Read the full issue: “Run the Numbers: What Gets Measured Gets Managed”
FIRE BTC 32 
🧭 Direction over perfection.
Track what matters. Ignore the noise.
🧮 Run the Numbers
FIRE BTC #32 - What gets measured gets managed