As I turn 40 this month, I reflect on some of the life lessons throughout the years that have helped me on my Financial Independence journey so far. Some of these lessons I wish I knew earlier and I hope they can help you on your journey as well. This episode is Part 1 and I discuss six of the twelve life lessons, Part 2 will showcase the remaining six lessons.

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Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice

I share some of the things I have let go in life that seemed important at the time (and sometimes immovable), to regain some of my freedom back. Freedom can come in all shapes and sizes like location freedom, freedom from stress, financial freedom, freedom from negative stuff, freedom from unhealthy things and so forth. When you let go of things holding you back, this creates more space and freedom for the positive things you want to bring more in your life.

Freedom Before FI Links:

• Free Guides: Download the free ‘Freedom Ideas’ Cheat Sheet and the free ‘Find Your Purpose’ worksheet at: https://freedombeforefi.com/free-guides/
• Website: Check out our resources and services at www.freedombeforefi.com
• Email: If you want to connect, send me a note at greg@freedombeforefi.com
• Instagram: or send a DM at Instagram Link
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@FreedomBeforeFI
• Linktree (all links): https://linktr.ee/freedombeforefi

Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice

Nicole and Tylor are the awesome writers behind the Not Your Ordinary Plan blog, they are travel and FIRE movement enthusiasts which is what their blog is all about. They have been on their FI journey for a number of years paying off student loan debt initially then building up their nest egg whilst hitting a number of FI milestones on the way. They recently decided to take advantage of the flexibility that FI gives them and have embarked on a long term mini-retirement (or what their calling their retirement ‘test-drive’) by slow travelling around the world - currently around Asia - and have been dong so for over a year so far.

Things you’ll learn:

• Where they are in the world on their current retirement test drive
• How they both met
• How they work as a team on the FI path
• How they paid of 90k of student loans in 2 years
• Their 8 year Financial Independence journey to date
• How their love for travel started
• Hitting Coast FI and taking 3 month sabbatical
• Achieving Lean FIRE
• The car accident that changed their lives
• Their FI number target and how far along they are
• Saving and investing strategy
• Annual expenses and salaries during investment period
• Getting there Masters Degrees
• Their why of FI
• Travel expenses
• Why they decided to go on retirement test-drive
• What they have done so far on retirement test-drive and plan after
• About their Not Your Ordinary Plan blog

Quick-fire round questions at the end:

1. Something they wished they done 10 years ago
2. Their daily habits that helped them in life
3. Their most important lesson in life
4. Their book recommendations
5. 1-2 small things listeners can do this week to get started

Nicole & Tylor (Links):

• Blog: https://notyourordinaryplan.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notyourordinaryplan_/

Freedom Before FI Links:

• Free Guides: Download the free ‘Freedom Ideas’ Cheat Sheet and the free ‘Find Your Purpose’ worksheet at: https://freedombeforefi.com/free-guides/
• Website: Check out our resources and services at www.freedombeforefi.com
• Email: If you want to connect, send me a note at greg@freedombeforefi.com
• Instagram: or send a DM at Instagram Link
• Linktree (all links): https://linktr.ee/freedombeforefi

Listen to FBF on Apple Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/freedom-before-fi-life-design-purpose-sabbaticals-coast/id1740083285

Listen to FBF on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/0XxPgEeuGayTqaEwUE19mk?si=cc8639ad8c28474e

Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered as financial advice