A PODCAST on FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE
🎤 On a mission to get friends to talk about money
🔥 Hosted by friends, Mike + Maggie,Â
who both reached FI before 40Â
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RECENT EPISODES:
#110 | Automating your finances to create better financial habits
Episode Summary: In this week’s episode, we talk about using automation to improve your finances and create strong financial habits. We explain why automation can be so impactful and then talk through the specific ways you can automate your finances and some...
#109 | Talking to your partner about money
Episode Summary: In this week’s episode, we share tips and advice for how to talk to your partner about money. Getting aligned with your partner about money can be such a positive boost for your relationship. Money is the number one issue couples fight about,...
#108 | Mid-year expense review with our spouses
Episode Summary: In this week’s episode, we share a mid-year expense review for both of our families. And for a special treat, we invite our spouses to join us as we share and review our 6-months of expense tracking. We start by reminding everyone why we...
#107 | Why you should reject Dave Ramsey’s Debt Snowball Method, and what to do instead
Episode Summary: In this week’s episode, we talk about one of the most popular debt payoff strategies, Dave Ramsey’s Debt Snowball Method. It’s been around for a long time and has helped many people get rid of their debt. But this doesn’t mean it’s the best...
#106 | Retiring at 30 with A Purple Life
Episode Summary: In this week’s episode, we talk with A Purple Life, who recently retired at the age of 30 after spending a decade getting her cost of living low through a mix of frugal living, lifestyle decisions, and geoarbitrage. In her 20s, she realized she...
#105 | Our summer vacations: detailed cost breakdown and reflections
Episode Summary: In this week’s episode, we reflect on our recent family vacations, more recently known as vaxications. Mike went to Colorado; Maggie went to the US Virgin Islands. They were very different trips, but you can learn a lot from the details of...
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We offer a number of very affordable financial templates at our friends on FIRE Etsy shop. We sell these templates to keep our podcast ad free. If for some reason you’re not in a position to purchase these templates, please email us and we will provide them to you for free.
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About friends on FIRE
Mike’s a dude who loves #s. He wrote a book. It’s on Amazon. His dad retired at 42, so early retirement is in his blood!
Maggie’s pretty cool. She early-retired at 41 along with her husband! And sometime’s she writes on her blog. It’s on the www.
If you really want to know more about us, we share it all here. Or listen to our podcast and we’ll share more than you ever wanted to know about two people. And most importantly, we hope listening will help you along your own personal finance or financial independence journey.
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