Rebecca Herbst reached financial independence at age 32 during the tenuous early days of the pandemic, and volunteered shortly thereafter to be furloughed from her job in commercial real estate—and so began her (extremely) early retirement.

But spending her days exactly as she wanted featured an unexpected side effect: guilt. What do you owe to others when you’ve gotten everything you wanted? Rebecca alchemized her sense of duty and founded Yield & Spread. In detail, we cover:

What the “FI-lanthropy” pledge entails
How she squares the desire to retire early with the idea of “hoarding money”
Where Rebecca gives for the highest impact
Who donor-advised funds might make sense for, and how they work
How to donate appreciated stock, and why it might be preferable to giving cash

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