Doug and Carl talk about doing scary things and getting outside your comfort zone. Doug started dance lessons with his wife! And he found that terrifying.

The urge to make money

Retire is a bad word

The value of community

Why planning is bad

Redefining yourself

The role of money

Why FIRE is the best insurance policy

Don't wait to live

Links:

1500 Days to Freedom - Think different and escape the rat race.

Doug and guest host, Carla Cash, talk about the day they discovered FI. We talk about if it was a light bulb moment or a gradual shift in thinking.

Carl was out on PTO — out sick or at the beach or something...

Check out Pennies and Popcorn.  (you can get to all the episodes here)

COVID car trip

How long does it take to decompress?

New sleep habits

Inflation

Discovering FIRE

Links:

Home Life after Financial Independence - Post FI Life

42 Changes We Made After Discovering FI

Afford Anything

Choose FI

Mr. Money Mustache

Inflation is going crazy, so are we doing anything different?

Carl was out sick, and he's nearly out of PTO days...

Anyway, Carla from Pennies and Popcorn filled in.  (you can get to all the episodes here)

In this episode, we talk to Steve, who recruited us to chime in on whether he is ready to retire. His net worth sits at about $1.7 million, including $30k in a college fund, $760k in brokerage accounts, $1.4 million in real estate, with about $900k in equity. He has eight rental properties that cash flow about $1,000 a month. Is he ready to pull the trigger? We go through his concerns and all the details.

We explored a few things we get super frugal about, and discussed the limits of what we'll buy used and what we won't.

Joe Saul-Sehy from the Stacking Benjamins Podcast stopped by to promote his new book: Stacked, Your Super-Serious Guide to Modern Money Management. Here are a few highlights of our discussion:

Dopamine and consumerism

What makes Joe's book unique in the FI space

Why money is just the first step

What is Joe's perfect day?

Why the FI space is actually NOT saturated

Why Joe wrote the book

Check Out Joe's Book!

 Joe's Podcast: Stacking Benjamins 

Why vacations tire us out

Dopamine overload?

Stacking rewards

Jocko Podcast 332: Andrew Huberman. Influence/ Ownership Over Your Physiological Psychological Being

Huberman Lab

How Jordan learned about FIRE

How a Camp FI changed Jordan's life

Jordan's journey from Physician to Communicator

What is YOUR true identity?

What we can learn from the dying

The Earn & Invest Podcast

Taking Stock by Jordan Grumet Available 8/02 Ulysses Press: Official Book Trailer

https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/