Living the Good Life

My Greatest Why for FI (and the Twins that are Now Part of It)

One of the earlier episodes of the Choose FI podcast is titled The Why of FI. In it, the hosts discuss why someone would choose a lifestyle focused on aggressive saving, which seems to some like deprivation. From my time in the FI community, I haven’t seen much deprivation. Instead, I see a group of people pursuing their life goals while the rejecting rampant consumerism that adds to lifestyle inflation. The FI mindset is one focused…

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Investing

Stock Market Risk Management

The stock market went into a correction this week, meaning that the market fell 10%. I really didn’t notice until I saw people over on the Choose FI Facebook page asking about what to do when the market goes down. That Facebook group is really diverse in terms of financial knowledge and attitude. Many don’t even listen to the Choose FI podcast, which is why there end up being a lot of questions about situations…

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