Justin’s 2-Year Retirement Anniversary: Reflections, Updates, and Looking Forward

Dec 17, 2025

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Wow, how time flies! Justin has officially been retired for two full years.

Today, we’ll dig into how year 2 was different, get life and financial updates, and also look forward to year 3.

You’ll notice a big fitness theme, and Justin will discuss an upcoming fitness retreat he’s organizing in Spain.

We’ll briefly skim over Justin’s 6-month international trip, but if you want a deeper dive into how traveling the world technically saved him money, check out these episodes: Asia Recap & Full Trip Recap

Justin also gives us a transparent view of his financial updates. We hope this inspires listeners to see how truly powerful compounding interest is.

His High-Level Financial Stats:

Net Worth at retirement: $1.7M
Net Worth after 1 year retired: $2.1M
Net Worth after 2 years retired: $2.7M

We also ended this episode in a similar way that we ended his year 1 review of retirement, with a quick blast overview of how he spent his time, which includes:

- December 2024
  - Spent the month in Mississippi visiting family
- January 2025
  - Going-away party
  - Departed for the Philippines
    - Island-hopping boat tour
- Feb
  - Indonesia
    - Ubud, Uluwatu, Gili Air, Nusa Lembogan, Nusa Penida
- Mar
  - Vietnam
    - Birthday on Ha Giang loop
- Apr
  - Thailand / Amsterdam / Switzerland
    - Koh Lanta
    - Chiang Mai
    - Temple Tours
    - Elephant Sanctuary
    - Tulip gardens
    - Insane train routes
    - Hang gliding off mountains
- May
  - Italy
    - Lake Como
    - Cinque Terre
    - Parma
    - Florence
    - Elba
    - Naples
    - Ischia
    - Lipari
    - Sicily
- June
  - Italy
    - Lipari round 2
    - Sardinia
    - Rome
      - First half-marathon
        
        1hr 40min 19 sec
      - Rufus Du Sol show
- Jul
  - Back to America
    - Stops in NYC and Dallas to visit friends
  - Maintained fitness on the trip
    - Body fat 10.4 -> 11.3
    - Lean Tissue 155.4 -> 156.3
  - Audien & Telykast concert
  - Started Wedding prep
  - Started doing track workouts
  - Run clubs & boat days
  - Started dialling in Biscuit & Cinnamon roll recipes for the wedding
- Aug
  - House sitting for friends
  - Visited family in Mississippi
  - Concert dome experience
- Sept
  - Spent over a week in Colorado visiting friends/bachelor trip getaway
    - Got some solid workouts in (at time my longest run of 16 miles and PR on deadlift of 405)
  - Finalized recipe for biscuits and cinnamon rolls for the wedding
  - Fincon
    - Knocked out a 14-mile progressive run with Cody
  - Friends wedding weekend in Austin
  - Rooftop yoga event
  - Really ramped up the dessert factory for the wedding
  - Finalized other wedding things
  - Charley Crockett concert
- Oct
  - Got married
  - House sat
  - Went to a movie screening debut “Sober”
  - Lots of brand activation events around ACL/F1 timeline (Patron, Bush’s beans, Google)
  - Attended a marketing conference
  - Completed longest run ever of 34 miles
- Nov
  - First time hired to make a custom birthday cake
  - Redid the backyard, adding pavers and gravel landscaping around firepit and pergola
  - Wild 1-4 am show with Elderbrook and Lane 8
  - Friendsgiving
  - Hyrox with Leslie (1:10 finish time)
  - Thanksgiving on the Texas Coast
- Dec
  - 5k PR: 20 min 53 sec
  - 3 Big EDM Concerts
  - Mississippi for Christmas
  - Visit a good friend in Little Rock
  - Began planning first group retreat (Spain Fitness/Hyrox related)

We hope you enjoy a look behind the curtain and Justin’s willingness to be open and honest about the retired life.

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