Most people live for the 5-10% pay increase every year. Many think they deserve the increase for putting in another year on the job. The reality is that most of the time this increase is typically eaten by lifestyle inflation and taxes and does not result in incremental wealth. 

At Sisters for Financial Independence, we are broadly terming financial independence as the means to replace a wage income (9-5 salary) with income from an investment portfolio. It is generally passive and it comes regardless of how many hours one spends at the office.