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:
#164 | Debt pay-off, thrifting, ethical landlording, and more with Budget Girl Sarah Wilson
Episode Summary: In this week’s episode, we interview Sarah Wilson, aka Budget Girl. Sarah is a YouTuber, debt-destroyer, side-hustler, financial wellness advocate, and real estate investor. She creates amazing free resources and content on how to live a...
#163 | How to get started toward financial freedom
Episode Summary: In this episode we rewind three years of episodes and start with the basics. Where do you begin if you want to improve your finances or pursue financial independence? We discuss the mindset, skills, and actions needed to start your journey....
#162 | Why you never have enough time or money and how to fix it
Episode Summary: In this episode, we talk about why we never have enough time or money and how to leverage Parkinson’s law to fix that. We start by explaining Parkinson’s law, the adage that work will expand to fill the allotted time. We dig into what we can...
#161 | Travel spending recap + listener questions
Episode Summary: In this episode, we share the total amounts we spent on our extended European summer vacations. We also dig into what worked well and what we’d do differently in the future. We then cover several listener questions that cover minimalist...
#160 | Debt-free college with Jason Brown
Episode Summary: In this week’s episode, we discuss with Jason Brown how to go to college debt-free. Jason is an expert in taking the debt-free path to college; he’s earned two debt-free degrees and has even written a book on it! Jason shares his mindset on...
#159 | Saving money on toiletries and personal care
Episode Summary: In this week’s episode, we share ideas and tips for saving money on toiletries and personal care items such as make-up, toilet paper, and medicine. We discuss how much people are spending in this category and share our best ideas and tips for...
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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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