New Delhi, June 20 -- For a Canadian family, the mundane 9-5 hustle until around age 65 wasn't working. With an ardent desire to spend more time with their children and step off the default path, the couple has successfully adopted the FIRE movement for the past two years.

FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) is a strategy that combines aggressive saving and intentional investing to accumulate enough money to retire early.

Speaking to Business Insider (BI), Brendan Pon, 37, said it was his wife who introduced him to me and the FIRE movement, and that "she's honestly the brains behind our whole journey."

Brendan shared that initially, he thought the FIRE method was an incredible opportunity, but questioned its feasibility in Nort...