Two Sides of FI
By Jason and Eric
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Subscribers: 88
Reviews: 3
Episodes: 109
PvD
Feb 14, 2024
I really enjoy your content. It's real and explores the soft stuff and relationships outside of the pure finances. Just started listening again from the beginning!
Would love to hear more from Laura and Lori.
jay
Sep 15, 2022
good twist on the fire podcast series. good information and they make an effort to prese t unique content.
Aug 28, 2021
best of the FIRE podcasts for someone that understand the basics and wants to figure out the issues related to family and post FIRE life.
Description
You're listening to Two Sides of FI, a conversation between two lifelong friends about financial independence - what it takes to get there and what comes after. One of us reached FI in 2020, the other in 2024. We started this show to document our different paths, and now that we're both post-FI, we're still figuring out how to use the freedom we spent years working toward. I'm Eric and I'm joined by my friend Jason, and this is our story.
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Is This Goodbye?
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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Early Retirement: How Things Have Changed for Us
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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From Divorce to Financial Freedom: FI at 45
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Am I Doing Retirement Wrong?
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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How Much Can You Really Spend in Retirement?
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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Are We Hiding Something? Our Real FIRE Portfolio + Expenses
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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Our Biggest Fears About Early Retirement
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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Life After FIRE: Your Toughest Questions, Answered
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May 18, 2025 |
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2025 Market Chaos Blowing up our FIRE Plans?
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May 04, 2025 |
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What Should We Do With Bonds and Cash in a Crazy Market?
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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It's Harder to Retire Than I Expected
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Mar 09, 2025 |
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How We're Using ProjectionLab in (Early) Retirement
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Are You on Track? Our 2024 Financial Review
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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How Do I Know When I'm Ready to Retire?
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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What No One Tells You About Purpose and Happiness in Retirement
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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BONUS: Retired Early and I Hated It - How NOT to FIRE, Part 2 (Post-FI/RE)
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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BONUS: How NOT to FIRE - Part 1 (Pre-FI/RE)
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Dec 29, 2024 |
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Retiring (Early) in 5 Days. Am I Ready?
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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How Options Trading Led this Engineer to Financial Independence in His 30s
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Dec 01, 2024 |
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Early Retirement + Group Travel: What Works, What Doesn’t
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Does Retirement = Happiness?
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Empty Nest, New Challenges: What’s Next After Early Retirement?
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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Financial Independence at 50 (Finally!)
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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He Earned a Million Dollars Trading This Option Strategy
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Our 80/20 Rules for Early Retirement: How We Did It
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Checking In: Year One of Early Retirement
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Jul 21, 2024 |
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Four Years Later: What I Wish I Knew Before Retiring Early
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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Retired Early? Here’s How to Pay Yourself
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May 22, 2024 |
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When is Enough, Enough? Working After Financial Independence
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May 05, 2024 |
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Unexpected Reactions to My Early Retirement
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Retiring Early Made This Possible
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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One Step Closer to FI/RE - Preparing to Give Notice
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Retired Early to USVIs, Florida, and Spain: How They Did It
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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My Healthcare Costs in Early Retirement (Year 3)
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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FI-nancial Checkup: New Year Routines + Goals for 2024
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Financially Independent, Recreationally Employed (FIRE)
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Did We Budget Enough for Travel in Early Retirement?
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Retired Early and Feeling Lost. What’s Next?
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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The Health Risks of Early Retirement
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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One More Year: My Decision to Postpone Early Retirement
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Will This Get Us Kicked Out of the FIRE Movement?
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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He Retired Early, She Didn’t: A Coast FI Case Study
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Can You Reach FI Faster? Advice From Someone Who Did.
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Halfway to FI? Surviving the Boring Middle
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Ask an Early Retiree Anything! Live Q&A with Jason from Two Sides of FI
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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FI-ght Club: Friction Between Friends Pre and Post-FI
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May 21, 2023 |
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Our Net Worth Is Up! Sharing Our Financial Review Process
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May 07, 2023 |
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Secure Your Retirement with this Variable Withdrawal Strategy
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Retiring With $2M: Here’s How We’d Spend It
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Am I Failing at Early Retirement?
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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Having Trouble Trusting the Math in Early Retirement?
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Never Run Out of Money in Retirement - Use This Free FIRE Calculator!
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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What’s Wrong with This Popular Retirement Strategy?
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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My Next Phase of Early Retirement Won’t Include This…
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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My FIRE Budget Didn’t Account for This
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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Finding My Way in Early Retirement: A 30 Month Check-In
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Our Most Impactful Tools and Purchases Under $250 (Part 2)
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Budget-Friendly Finds: Our Favorite Tools and Hacks Under $50 (Part 1)
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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Tax Strategies on FIRE: Financial Independence / Retire Early
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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You Asked, We Answered. FIRE Q&A
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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My Plan to Retire Early is ON HOLD
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Reacting to YOUR Ideas for Holding Cash
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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Is This a Part of Your FIRE Plan?
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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Will You Run Out of Money or Time? FI Advice From a Hospice Doctor
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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FIRE and Holding Cash - What We’re Doing
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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Do I Wish I’d Worked One More Year?
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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How I Plan to Retire Early on a $50K Salary
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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Karsten Spoke, We Listened. Here’s What We Learned.
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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Don’t Let the Cost of Healthcare Break Your Early Retirement Plan
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Jul 16, 2022 |
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What the FIRE Community Gets Wrong - Talking with Karsten Jeske
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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We Each Hired a Flat Fee Financial Advisor. Was it Worth It?
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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Stock Market on FIRE: What We’re Doing in a Downturn
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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My New Life: Two Years After Early Retirement
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May 22, 2022 |
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We Avoided Estate Planning. Here’s Why You Can’t Afford To (Part 2)
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May 08, 2022 |
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If You Want Financial Freedom You Can’t Ignore This (Part 1)
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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Making The Worst Financial Mistake I’ve Ever Made?
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Breaking Up With My Financial Advisor?
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Financial Lessons We’re Passing On (Part 2)
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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Our FIRE Portfolios Are Down 20%, What Now?
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Teaching Our Teens About FI and Money (Part 1)
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Buying Bonds. Still Not Convinced I’m Doing the Right Thing! (Part 2)
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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FI-nancial Decisions - Transitioning to FI with Laura + Eric [Bonus Episode]
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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I Rebalanced My FI/RE Portfolio and I Hate It! (Part 1)
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Retirement Is Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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Financial Independence, Retire Early...Go Back to Work?
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Comparing our FIRE Portfolios + Asset Allocations (Part 2)
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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Getting Your FIRE Asset Allocation Right. Here‘s Ours (Part 1)
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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Have Enough to Retire (Early)? 10 Steps to Make Sure
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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Healthcare is my Second Highest Cost in Early Retirement
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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A CoastFI Path to Financial Security: An Interview with Catherine
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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How We Travel: Pre + Post Financial Independence
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Retired Early and I Hated It: How NOT to FIRE, Part 2 (Post-FI/RE)
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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How NOT to FIRE - Part 1 (Pre-FI/RE)
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Answering Your Financial Independence Questions
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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What I Learned in My First Year of ”Early Retirement”
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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Discussing FIRE with our Spouses: 2 x Two Sides of FI (Part 2)
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Talking with our Spouses About FIRE: 2 x Two Sides of FI (Part 1)
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Retiring Early - So Why Am I Worried?
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Financially Independent, Live Anywhere? How to Choose (Part 2)
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Can't Decide Where to Live? Here's How We Chose (Part 1)
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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Lessons Learned in 7 Years Earning Passive Income - A Path to FI (Part 2)
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Passive Income = A Path to Financial Independence (Part 1)
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May 30, 2021 |
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Financial Mistakes We Won't Make Again (Part 2)
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May 16, 2021 |
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Sharing Our Financial Mistakes and Missteps (Part 1)
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May 06, 2021 |
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Discussing our FI Numbers : Changing Our Minds, Talking to Family
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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So, What's Your FI Number? Sharing Ours Here
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Financially Independent. Retire Early? Let's Discuss!
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Two Careers, Two Paths to Financial Independence
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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Our Financial Past and our FIRE Present
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Feb 28, 2021 |