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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#009 | Cars Are The Worst
Episode Summary Cars are the worst! Aside from a house, cars might be the largest expenses you have. People can spend so much money on a car, but in reality, does anyone really care what you drive? If you’re driving a car because you love it and can afford it, then...
#008 | Retired Toddlers Interview
Episode Summary In their first interview, Mike + Maggie interview Michelle and Jake from the Retired Toddlers. They are are a full-time traveling family that sold their home in 2016 to spend more time with their 2 young kids, and ever since then they have been...
#007 | 2020 Goals + How to Set Them
Episode Summary Mike + Maggie cover an important topic for 2020: Goals and how to set them. We talk about the importance of setting SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable/Assignable, Relevant/Realistic, Time-Bound) and the importance of tracking against your...
9 tips to create financial momentum for a new decade
To wrap up 2019, we are sharing 9 simple tips to create financial momentum for a new decade: #1 Cancel at least one streaming service subscription you could temporarily give up (calm down, it’s not forever). You likely have 3+ different streaming services and...
#006 | Finding Freedom – Pillar #3
Episode Summary The third pillar of financial independence: finding freedom. The reason we are spending less and growing our wealth is to get to financial freedom. While we’re both not yet ready to leave our jobs and take the plunge, we find immense happiness in...
#005 | Growing Wealth – Pillar #2
Episode 5 Summary The second pillar of financial independence: growing wealth. As you are saving more and more money, you need to put your money to work for you and grow your wealth.  Episode 5 Show Notes Mike talks about his new $48 REI jacket and clarifies how...
$3 financial templates @ our ETSY shop
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.
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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