Freedom Before FI | Life Design, Purpose, Sabbaticals, Coast FI & Financial Independence (FIRE)

The 10 rules of Ikigai: These are the rules that the longest living people in the world follow (centenarians) to live a balanced and healthy life way into their senior years. The authors of the book ‘Ikigai’ (which is loosely translated as your reason for being or simply your purpose in life), interviewed over 100 people living in Ogimi in Japan which also had the nickname ‘The Village of Longevity’. They distilled their findings into what they call the ‘simple secrets to a long and happy life’. Let’s try to incorporate these on our journey to Financial Independence.

In part 1, I discuss rules 1-5. I will then discuss rules 6-10 on the following episodes. Enjoy!

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If you’ve been struggling to find purpose, a side hustle, a new career or your next chapter in life, this episode is for you! Consider this a finding your purpose ‘starter kit’. This episode will help you figure out what you'd love to do with your time. I will be taking you through a free guide I've prepared that takes you through a series of powerful questions to navigate you in the right direction of your ‘thing’ in life. 

Link to the Find Your Purpose Worksheet here: https://freedombeforefi.com/free-guides/

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On Career Changes: We got to chat with career coach Lisa Hoashi, an ICF certified coach and for the last 10 years she’s been helping professionals and businesses improve their work life, by using their big picture goals.

She specialises in helping people at crossroad moments and transition periods helping them gain clarity to take new steps forward to a more meaningful and authentic path. 

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If you’re wondering what kind of freedom options are open to you before reaching Financial Independence, don’t worry as I got you! I’ve put together a colourful cheat-sheet which gives you some freedom ideas based on the money stage you’re at. These options range from giving you more time to do things you love, to making small life pivots to enhance your happiness and wellbeing. Today, I’ll be giving a quick overview of this. You can also grab the PDF Cheat-Sheet (by clicking the link below) and following along while listening:

Link to Cheat-Sheet here: https://freedombeforefi.com/free-guides/

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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 [email protected]

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We got to chat with Lyndall Farley, a Sabbatical Coach passionate about the transformative benefits of Sabbaticals. She guides people to design a break that helps them recharge, reflect and reimagine their next chapter in life and work. 

Lyndall also works with companies setting up Sabbatical programs to boost employee wellbeing and retention. She has taken 11 sabbaticals (solo and with her family) and has now guided hundreds of people on their Sabbatical journeys.

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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 [email protected]

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I share 2 stories from prominent members of the Slow FI Community who have used Coast FI to help them get freedom from toxic work environments and follow their passions. The first one is Jessica from The Fioneers and the second is Anders Skagerberg from the Coast FI Guy.

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Coast FI Story 1 - Jessica from The Fioneers

Her motto is “The journey should be as remarkable as the destination”

Coast FI Story 2 - Anders Skagerberg from the Coast FI Guy

He says…. “I feel that I get 80% of the benefits of FI without having to wait for full Financial Independence”

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 [email protected]

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This week I’ll be giving you my 3 biggest lessons learned from the mindset shifting book Die With Zero ‘Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life’, written by Bill Perkins in 2020. This is not your typical FI book, but it helped shift our thinking - especially those in the FIRE community - on how we use money to get maximum fulfilment and enjoyment out of our lives.

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This episode wraps up the 5 part mini-series on the Financial Independence books that have helped us on our journey… and we’re still on that journey!

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On this episode I share 3 big lessons I learned from the book How to Retire Early ‘Your Guide to Getting Rich Slowly and Retiring on Less' by Robert and Robin Charlton. This was an awesome hidden gem of a FIRE book, and what made it even more awesome was that both Robert and Robin retired early at the age of 43 without earning massive salaries to travel the world. They were not Engineers, Doctors or Lawyers and FIRE’d through consistency, hard work and time. Now the authors do things they love like travelling and creative writing using the Financial Freedom they gained.

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On this episode I share 3 big lessons I learned from the book The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins. This is one of my favourite books on the FIRE movement and it helped me a lot to understand more about the stock market and index fund investing during my early research days.

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We’re continuing our mini-series of the 3 biggest lessons I’ve learnt from Financial Independence books that have helped me on my journey (which I’m still on btw!). On this episode we’ll be diving into the book Quit Like a Millionaire - No Gimmicks, Luck or Trust Fund Required, written by Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung. They both retired in their early 30’s as Software Engineers to travel the world, write and help other people on their journeys as well. 

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