Go Bucket Yourself

In this entertaining conversation (Part 2) with Maggie Tucker of friends on FIRE and Greg we share the good, the bad, the hidden gems, and everything in between that we may or may not have expected to find on this side of early retirement.

The four of us discuss what life looks like when we've decided to live a script different from the traditional American dream, where creating time in your life that isn't centered around a job or career is something to be considered, explored, and maybe even tried.

We dig into the following F.I.R.E. (financial independence retire early) concepts:

• Why we wanted to take this unordinary path to finances
• How we're paying the bills
• What is deferred compensation
• What's been the hardest part since leaving our W2 jobs and how we've adjusted to those difficulties
• Some exciting things we've done since FIREing
• emotional and routine adjustments
• What we would change (if anything) about the process of getting to FI
• What's the deal with the word: ennui

Stay tuned all the way to the end to hear us answer these listener questions::

• "Do you still have work dreams?"
• "What was the biggest adjustment in leaving W2 employment and FIREing?"

Resources from today's show:

• How a family of five can retire at 41 and 43 - Friends on Fire
• Split or combined finances - Friends on Fire
• Camp FI 

Stay in touch!

• 🌎 gobucketyourself.com
• Chris @bucketyourself on Insta
• Deb @imperfectprogress.me on Insta
• Get Deb’s book HERE

In this entertaining conversation (Part 1) with Maggie Tucker of friends on FIRE and Greg we share the good, the bad, the hidden gems, and everything in between that we may or may not have expected to find on this side of early retirement.

The four of us discuss what life looks like when we've decided to live a script different from the traditional American dream, where creating time in your life that isn't centered around a job or career is something to be considered, explored, and maybe even tried.

We dig into the following F.I.R.E. (financial independence retire early) concepts:

• Why we wanted to take this unordinary path to finances
• How we're paying the bills
• What is deferred compensation
• What's been the hardest part since leaving our W2 jobs and how we've adjusted to those difficulties
• Some exciting things we've done since FIREing
• emotional and routine adjustments
• What we would change (if anything) about the process of getting to FI
• What's the deal with the word: ennui

Stay tuned all the way to the end to hear us answer these listener questions::

• "Do you still have work dreams?"
• "What was the biggest adjustment in leaving W2 employment and FIREing?"

Be sure to check out part two of our conversation in next week's episode!

Resources from today's show:

• How a family of five can retire at 41 and 43 - Friends on Fire
• Split or combined finances - Friends on Fire
• Camp FI 

Stay in touch!

• 🌎 gobucketyourself.com
• Chris @bucketyourself on Insta
• Deb @imperfectprogress.me on Insta
• Get Deb’s book HERE

Does adventure sound like a big word to you? Listen in to this episode with connection coach Carrie Doan as we discuss something super accessible--micro-adventures.

Carrie is a connection coach, an entrepreneur, a life adventurer and a believer in all things possible.  She runs the Clearly Connected Podcast and developed a course on mastering emotional social intelligence training both corporate and school systems towards developing more connected relationships and healthier work environments.

Carrie has been studying psychology and human behavior for nearly two decades, educating others on the link between mind and body and how reconnecting to your authenticity can play a powerful role toward healing and living a life of pleasure.

She’s been leading microadventures and traveling the world for free for over 5 years and is passionate about empowering women while supporting them towards their biggest dreams.  In her spare time you’ll find her running with her kids or wandering out into the wilderness seeking out her next macro or microadventure.

With Carrie's help, we'll get to the bottom of:

• What are micro-adventures?
• What do micro-adventures have to do with pleasure?
• What does one have to gain from micro-adventures?
• Some examples of micro-adventures?
• Some simple ways people could work them into their everyday lives
• How micro-adventures can increase connection and why that's important

Listen all the way to the end for a little extra inspiration in creating your own micro-adventure soon!

Resources from today's show:

• Carrie's inspiration for the micro-adventure concept from Alistair Humphreys
• Carrie has a resource share (45 min mark) to create micro-adventures
• Adventure Deck cards

Connect with Carrie:

• carriedoan.com
• Clearly Connected podcast
• On Instagram: @carriedoancoaching

Stay in touch!

• 🌎 gobucketyourself.com
• Chris @bucketyourself on Insta
• Deb @imperfectprogress.me on Insta
• Get Deb’s book HERE

In this third and final episode in our resistance series, we take work through The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life by Boyd Varty.

We discuss all Boyd has to share about:

• what he means by tracking your life
• how to find your track
• moving forward with less pressure with his concept of, "Just the next track." and "the next FIRST track."

We connect these thoughts to Steven Pressfield's concept of resistance to help you with strategies to step through any resistance you may be feeling in your own life and begin simply finding your next first track in your wholly aligned and authentic life.

•  Get the books:
  • The War of Art
  • A Lion Tracker's Guide to Life

Stay in touch!

• 🌎 gobucketyourself.com
• Chris @bucketyourself on Insta
• Deb @imperfectprogress.me on Insta
• Get Deb’s book HERE

In this second episode of our series on resistance, we have an in-depth look at the concept itself, its origins, and its outcomes with Jalea Baker, as a follow-up to last week's conversation about Steven Pressfield's book, The War of Art.

Jalea is the co-creator of A Freesoul Experience. As a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 12 years of experience working with teens and adults, she uses the Freesoul framework to enable a client to identify and live from wholeness. By treating the whole self, Jalea enables a person to find they already have everything they need within.

Listen in to this conversation to hear:

• What a licensed professional counselor REALLY thinks of Steven Pressfield's ideas on Resistance.
• If resistance is always the enemy.
• Jalea's explanation of the concepts of
  • wholeness
  • parking spaces & prying tools
  • fillers & fragmentation
• Her ideas on overcoming resistance that may be much simpler than you think.
• Using our "icks" and "ahhs" as a guide.
• Learning to trust that the Universe has our back and everything is working out in our favor in its own timing.

Listen all the way to the end to learn how you might be able to find freedom in a lighter stance with resistance, perhaps seeing it as a friend to guide you, rather than an enemy to be conquered.

Then be sure to check out next week's episode, where we complete the discussion on resistance with Boyd Varty's book, A Lion Tracker's Guide to Life.

Stay in touch!

• Connect with Jalea at 🌎  A Freesoul Experience
•  Get the books:
  • The War of Art
  • A Lion Tracker's Guide to Life

Stay in touch!

• 🌎 gobucketyourself.com
• Chris @bucketyourself on Insta
• Deb @imperfectprogress.me on Insta
• Get Deb’s book HERE

“Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.” -Steven Pressfield, The War of Art

Listen to this first episode in a three-part series on the internal battle of resistance--understanding it and overcoming it.

To kick off this topic, we dig into The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, and debate the following questions:

• What is resistance?
• Who has it?
• What are some signs and symptoms?
• What are some possible causes?
• Why might we want to overcome it?
• What are some ways Steven Pressfield has overcome resistance?

"The more important a call to action is to our soul's evolution, the more Resistance we will feel about answering it. But to yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be. Never forget: this very moment, we can change our lives." -Steven Pressfield, The War of Art

Be sure to check out the following two episodes, where we take a deeper, broader look at resistance with the help of a professional therapist. Then we'll get into how to step toward your unique purpose with a little less heaviness as we discuss The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life by Boyd Varty.

Get a copy of: The War of Art

Stay in touch!

• 🌎 gobucketyourself.com
• Chris @bucketyourself on Insta
• Deb @imperfectprogress.me on Insta
• Get Deb’s book HERE

In this episode, we have a vulnerable conversation with Bridget Belden. Bridget is an award-winning speaker and founder and CEO of Magenta Consulting, a coaching organization providing world-class tools to empower women to discover who they are beyond being a mom.

After creating and running a successful business for 10 years, and her kids gone from the nest, she realized it was an opportune time for her next life evolution – starting a venture based on her own journey of self-discovery.  Magenta Consulting supports moms through life-changing one on one coaching and free transformational workshops, helping them to reconnect with who they were before they had kids in pursuit of a life of passion and purpose.

In today's discussion, we dive into:

• The cues that signal you may have strayed from a life of passion and purpose.
• Questions that help focus attention back in that direction.
• Practices to reconnect with the deepest part of yourself (where purpose and passion come from) to begin to take steps in that direction.

Listen all the way through to be inspired to know that it's never too late. There's always a way back to yourself!

Connect with Bridget:

• bridgetbelden.com

Stay in touch!

• 🌎 gobucketyourself.com
• Chris @bucketyourself on Insta
• Deb @imperfectprogress.me on Insta
• Get Deb’s book HERE

This season of the podcast is all about our core values at Go Bucket Yourself:

• Adventure
• Connection
• Growth

Listen in to hear what we mean by adventure, connection, and growth, and why those values take priority for GBY this year.

You'll also hear a little more about what you can expect from GBY in Season 5 of the podcast and beyond, throughout the year.

Stick around to the end, when Chris and Debbie answer questions from a listener about:

• Budgeting
• Lending for their rental homes

Stay in touch!

• 🌎 gobucketyourself.com
• Chris @bucketyourself on Insta
• Deb @imperfectprogress.me on Insta
• Get Deb’s book HERE

On today's episode, we discuss:

• Season 4 - Simplicity - recap and summary
  • How we've embraced the idea and added simplicity into our lives
  • What are the tenets of simplicity?
• How Deb and I look at the New Year
  • New year, new you--is this 💩 or 👍
  • Setting intentions instead of (or in addition to) goals & resolutions

Resources mentioned in today's episode:

• Women Who Run w/ The Wolves
• Alex Elle's Instagram
• Nedra Tawwab Instagram
• Relax w/ Yogi Brian--Meditation for Feeling Joy to Set an Intention

Stay in touch!

• 🌎 gobucketyourself.com
• Chris @bucketyourself on Insta
• Deb @imperfectprogress.me on Insta
• Get Deb’s book HERE

You know what they say, "Never read the comments!" Well, what's better to do when you ignore that sage advice, reading them anyway, than to take a moment to have a few laughs rather than tears!?! That's just what you'll find in this silly episode.

Listen in as we share some interesting comments that showed up on the internet in the wake of our appearance on CNBC's Make It.

We'll see:

• Who's more hated, Chris or Debbie?
• What some commentators believe are the most idiotic and evil parts of our "early retirement" plan.
• How the internet retirement police feel about us using the word "retirement" to describe our lifestyle.
• If Chris' fanny pack is a fashion do or don't.
• If anyone has anything nice to say? (Listen to the end to find out!) 
• AND, on a serious note, we'll try to use these comments to honestly answer questions and explain in a little more detail than an 8-minute video can cover.

Give it a listen and share a few laughs with us!

Resources mentioned in today's episode:

• The CNBC video/article that sparked the comments
• Fire the Haters by Jillian Johnsrud
• Previous episodes mentioned in this episode:
  • Who's Life are You Living? w/Jillian Johnsrud
• The BRRRR Strategy from BiggerPockets

Reach out to Chris & Deb:

• Chris @bucketyourself on Insta
• Deb @imperfectprogress.me on Insta
• Get Deb’s book HERE

Stay in touch!

• 🌎 gobucketyourself.com
• Chris @bucketyourself on Insta
• Deb @imperfectprogress.me on Insta
• Get Deb’s book HERE