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Two Sides of FI — 111 episodes

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Year 2 vs. Year 7: What Early Retirement is Really Like

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Thinking About Slow Travel After FI? Watch This First

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Is This Goodbye?

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Early Retirement: How Things Have Changed for Us

5

From Divorce to Financial Freedom: FI at 45

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Am I Doing Retirement Wrong?

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How Much Can You Really Spend in Retirement?

8

Are We Hiding Something? Our Real FIRE Portfolio + Expenses

9

Our Biggest Fears About Early Retirement

10

Life After FIRE: Your Toughest Questions, Answered

11

2025 Market Chaos Blowing up our FIRE Plans?

12

What Should We Do With Bonds and Cash in a Crazy Market?

13

It's Harder to Retire Than I Expected

14

How We're Using ProjectionLab in (Early) Retirement

15

Are You on Track? Our 2024 Financial Review

16

How Do I Know When I'm Ready to Retire?

17

What No One Tells You About Purpose and Happiness in Retirement

18

BONUS: Retired Early and I Hated It - How NOT to FIRE, Part 2 (Post-FI/RE)

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BONUS: How NOT to FIRE - Part 1 (Pre-FI/RE)

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Retiring (Early) in 5 Days. Am I Ready?

21

How Options Trading Led this Engineer to Financial Independence in His 30s

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Early Retirement + Group Travel: What Works, What Doesn’t

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Does Retirement = Happiness?

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Empty Nest, New Challenges: What’s Next After Early Retirement?

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Financial Independence at 50 (Finally!)

26

He Earned a Million Dollars Trading This Option Strategy

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Our 80/20 Rules for Early Retirement: How We Did It

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Checking In: Year One of Early Retirement

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Four Years Later: What I Wish I Knew Before Retiring Early

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Retired Early? Here’s How to Pay Yourself

31

When is Enough, Enough? Working After Financial Independence

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Unexpected Reactions to My Early Retirement

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Retiring Early Made This Possible

34

One Step Closer to FI/RE - Preparing to Give Notice

35

Retired Early to USVIs, Florida, and Spain: How They Did It

36

My Healthcare Costs in Early Retirement (Year 3)

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FI-nancial Checkup: New Year Routines + Goals for 2024

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Financially Independent, Recreationally Employed (FIRE)

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Did We Budget Enough for Travel in Early Retirement?

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Retired Early and Feeling Lost. What’s Next?

41

The Health Risks of Early Retirement

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One More Year: My Decision to Postpone Early Retirement

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Will This Get Us Kicked Out of the FIRE Movement?

44

He Retired Early, She Didn’t: A Coast FI Case Study

45

Can You Reach FI Faster? Advice From Someone Who Did.

46

Halfway to FI? Surviving the Boring Middle

47

Ask an Early Retiree Anything! Live Q&A with Jason from Two Sides of FI

48

FI-ght Club: Friction Between Friends Pre and Post-FI

49

Our Net Worth Is Up! Sharing Our Financial Review Process

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Secure Your Retirement with this Variable Withdrawal Strategy

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Retiring With $2M: Here’s How We’d Spend It

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Am I Failing at Early Retirement?

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Having Trouble Trusting the Math in Early Retirement?

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Never Run Out of Money in Retirement - Use This Free FIRE Calculator!

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What’s Wrong with This Popular Retirement Strategy?

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My Next Phase of Early Retirement Won’t Include This…

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My FIRE Budget Didn’t Account for This

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Finding My Way in Early Retirement: A 30 Month Check-In

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Our Most Impactful Tools and Purchases Under $250 (Part 2)

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Budget-Friendly Finds: Our Favorite Tools and Hacks Under $50 (Part 1)

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Tax Strategies on FIRE: Financial Independence / Retire Early

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You Asked, We Answered. FIRE Q&A

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My Plan to Retire Early is ON HOLD

64

Reacting to YOUR Ideas for Holding Cash

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Is This a Part of Your FIRE Plan?

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Will You Run Out of Money or Time? FI Advice From a Hospice Doctor

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FIRE and Holding Cash - What We’re Doing

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Do I Wish I’d Worked One More Year?

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How I Plan to Retire Early on a $50K Salary

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Karsten Spoke, We Listened. Here’s What We Learned.

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Don’t Let the Cost of Healthcare Break Your Early Retirement Plan

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What the FIRE Community Gets Wrong - Talking with Karsten Jeske

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We Each Hired a Flat Fee Financial Advisor. Was it Worth It?

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Stock Market on FIRE: What We’re Doing in a Downturn

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My New Life: Two Years After Early Retirement

76

We Avoided Estate Planning. Here’s Why You Can’t Afford To (Part 2)

77

If You Want Financial Freedom You Can’t Ignore This (Part 1)

78

Making The Worst Financial Mistake I’ve Ever Made?

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Breaking Up With My Financial Advisor?

80

Financial Lessons We’re Passing On (Part 2)

81

Our FIRE Portfolios Are Down 20%, What Now?

82

Teaching Our Teens About FI and Money (Part 1)

83

Buying Bonds. Still Not Convinced I’m Doing the Right Thing! (Part 2)

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FI-nancial Decisions - Transitioning to FI with Laura + Eric [Bonus Episode]

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I Rebalanced My FI/RE Portfolio and I Hate It! (Part 1)

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Retirement Is Nothing Like I Thought It Would Be

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Financial Independence, Retire Early...Go Back to Work?

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Comparing our FIRE Portfolios + Asset Allocations (Part 2)

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Getting Your FIRE Asset Allocation Right. Here‘s Ours (Part 1)

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Have Enough to Retire (Early)? 10 Steps to Make Sure

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Healthcare is my Second Highest Cost in Early Retirement

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A CoastFI Path to Financial Security: An Interview with Catherine

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How We Travel: Pre + Post Financial Independence

94

Retired Early and I Hated It: How NOT to FIRE, Part 2 (Post-FI/RE)

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How NOT to FIRE - Part 1 (Pre-FI/RE)

96

Answering Your Financial Independence Questions

97

What I Learned in My First Year of ”Early Retirement”

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Discussing FIRE with our Spouses: 2 x Two Sides of FI (Part 2)

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Talking with our Spouses About FIRE: 2 x Two Sides of FI (Part 1)

100

Retiring Early - So Why Am I Worried?

101

Financially Independent, Live Anywhere? How to Choose (Part 2)

102

Can't Decide Where to Live? Here's How We Chose (Part 1)

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Lessons Learned in 7 Years Earning Passive Income - A Path to FI (Part 2)

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Passive Income = A Path to Financial Independence (Part 1)

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Financial Mistakes We Won't Make Again (Part 2)

106

Sharing Our Financial Mistakes and Missteps (Part 1)

107

Discussing our FI Numbers : Changing Our Minds, Talking to Family

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So, What's Your FI Number? Sharing Ours Here

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Financially Independent. Retire Early? Let's Discuss!

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Two Careers, Two Paths to Financial Independence

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Our Financial Past and our FIRE Present