Evan remembers fondly conversations with an Accountant acquaintance named Tom through a couple of decades.  Small tidbits of encouragement from personal role models to anchor you to your long-term wealth-building goals may be the only thing you need to stay focused.  Remember, saving and investing isn't difficult.  But it IS difficult to stay committed year after year.  Want Evan to share your money story in 2022?  Email us:  [email protected]

Evan rambles on about how to best position yourself for a Happy, Wealth-Building New Year! Becoming Agile.  Working a Budget. Debt Reduction. Having a Wholistic Approach.  Maintaining a Positive Mindset, and More!  Walk with Evan to Wealth today, and each week as we explore a continued commitment towards what?  That's right.  W2 Freedom.  FI.  Optional Work.  Or just plain Security. Want Evan to share your money story on an upcoming 2022 podcast episode? Write us: [email protected]

Evan talks through his thoughts of preparing for Financial Independence in 2022. And will it even happen in 2022 that Evan will retire from Corporate America? Does he have the courage to make that final leap into early retirement?  Many of us in the Financial Independent community talk about the Accumulation Phase, and rightfully so.  But what about preparing for the Distribution phase?  What are the variables that must be discussed?  Join us today for the kickoff of a new series within the Broke at 40 podcast in 2022: Countdown to FI.  Want to share your money story?  Email us:  [email protected]

Evan is inspired to bring a story to you about a fifty-year old couple that went from broke to brilliant! We talk alot about being “broke at forty” but you can begin at any age. It’s never too late. Want to share your money story? Email us: [email protected]

Evan wants to revisit a simple and yet effective scary movie from the past and anchor it to the reality of today.  How do you want to live your life?  Your quest for Financial Independence is YOUR choice, and yours alone.  And what would it be like if you didn't put in the work over a ten (10) to fifteen (15) period? Stay tuned as Evan acts out his most horrific financial nightmare. Tonight!  On the Broke at 40 Podcast.  Want to write in to the show?  Email us:  [email protected]

Evan feels he may have done you a disservice by reacting to sixteen (16) millionaire money rules to live by from those that are multi-millionaire and billionaires. Stay tuned today for a more realistic approach to financial independence! Want to share your money story with Evan? Email us: [email protected]

Evan decides to start a recurring series of episodes with reactions or rants to something he reads or sees in the financial space.  Are those that are super rich qualified to speak to and understand late-in-life savers?  Do they really understand the struggles most of us face while trying to save money and invest for our financial futures?  Stay tuned today to listen to Evan ramble about some current money thoughts as we come to the last couple of months of 2021, and then as he dives into the content of today's episode.  And by the way, if you're listening in future years...these principals are timeless..as is your pursuit to be your best financial self. Want to share a money story and have Evan read about you in an upcoming 2022 episode?  Email us:  [email protected]

Evan turns on the mic and rambles about how financial success takes time.  And it's what you do with each year along your journey that can either contribute to, or take away from, the Engine that you're building.  And it's this Engine that has to be as large as you can possible make it that will fuel your future self.  He continues to anchor this concept to any creative outlet you may have.  Such as for Evan his passion is reaching out to you, his late-in-life listener.  Don't define your success by what others use as metrics.  Create your own!  Want to share your story?  Email us: [email protected]

Evan continues with updating his late-in-life listeners about thought processes for an "early" retirement.  Is he able to wrap his brain about leaving a W2 job?  And what about you?  How are you coming along with your money goals this year?  Stay tuned as Evan shares what he feels healthcare will cost him by pulling the plug early.  Want to share your money story?  Email us:  [email protected]

Today's episode is inspired in part by the work of Rob Greenfield.  Simply google his name and you'll find an abundance of content related to building a frugal and partly self-sustaining lifestyle.  Evan would like to explore his work and apply it to his beliefs as a late-in-life saver.  What has he learned from Rob?  Stay tuned to find out!  Today is also inspired by the work of the Financial Mentor that Evan mentioned just recently on an episode about the Ultimate Retirement Calculator. He highly recommends checking it out as you slowly build wealth. Have a topic you'd like Evan to explore? Email us: [email protected]