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Join me in this enlightening episode as I explore the unique journey of Sean and Katie, a married couple with a shared goal of achieving financial independence. Despite their love for their respective jobs, Sean and Katie are committed to creating a life of options for themselves and their daughter.
Episode Highlights:
- Financial advisors will try to sell you anything by connecting with you on a personal level: don’t fall for it!
- Privilege is a huge factor in financial success.
- Values-based spending is the key to a rich life.
- Everything new you buy is a little piece of the Earth and should not only spark joy, but sustain it.
- Travel vs. focusing on a homestead and how to balance these two passions as a couple.
- Dive into their retirement strategies including real estate, investing, and the coveted 457 account.
- Why Priuses are the superior vehicle.
- Using FI as a way to make the world a better place.
Episode Links:
- Episode webpage
- Suze Orman
- Marketplace on NPR
- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō
- Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin
- The PATH Method
- PATH Exercise
- Playing With Fire documentary
- The Fioneers CoastFI calculator
- Top Environmentally Friendly Vehicles — American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
- How to make a Prius Plow YouTube video
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