“Revoke My FI Membership Card!” – Amberly Grant | MHFI 174
Doug and Amberly chat about key tenants of Financial Independence, shifts in the community over the years, and how each of them have “failed” in different FI-related areas (along with some successes). Amberly also shares details of an upcoming FI cruise
Mile High FI Podcast · Doug Cunnington & Carl Jensen
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Show Notes
Doug and Amberly chat about key tenants of Financial Independence, shifts in the community over the years, and how each of them have “failed” in different FI-related areas (along with some successes). Amberly also shares details of an upcoming FI cruise!
- Change in FI philosophy from a focus on saving to spending & living a fulfilling life.
- Doug & Amberly’s FI failures: credit card points/travel rewards, budgeting & tracking expenses, 4% rule, optimizing contributions to retirement accounts, savings rate, frugality, whole life insurance, house hacking, college degrees, travel, buying a new home,
- Success with mindful consumption
- Amberly’s experience with CNBC & dealing with early retirement critics
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Links
- Mad Fientist
- ChooseFI Travel Rewards
- The Fioneers
- Mark’s Money Mind
- Fincon
- Amberly on CNBC
- Doug’s site
- Carl’s blog: 1500 Days
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0:00 Introduction
1:56 FinTalks cruise
7:57 Shifts in the FIRE community
14:52 Failure #1: Travel rewards
22:42 Failure #2: Budgeting & expense tracking
35:38 Failure #3: 4% rule
38:37 Failure #4: Optimizing retirement contributions
46:15 Failure #5: Savings rate
48:25 Failure #6: Frugality
1:00:40 Misc failures & mindful consumption
1:09:35 Criticism of early retirement
1:18:20 Soundcheck – Hot sauce