The Quit Work Podcast

Maya is interested in the future of work.

She has long been a freelance writer, and talks about freelancing as host of The Future Is Freelance podcast.

She has long been a worker from home, and is the author of books on working from home.

She has long been a British ex-pat in Spain working as an e-resident of Estonia, and talks about digital nomadism, too, on her podcast.

When it comes to the future of work, Maya practices what she preaches.

Find out what Maya has to say about ways to work independently, whatever that means to you!

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You can find Maya’s podcast at The Future is Freelance and her books, courses and blog about working from home at Healthy Happy Homeworking.

You can connect with Maya on Twitter or LinkedIn.

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I release The Quit Work Podcast as a video too! Watch here.

I recorded this podcast using Riverside because it's a brilliant way to record high-quality audio and video. This is an affiliate link, so if you're interested in using Riverside to record your own podcasts, I'd be forever grateful if you'd click here to check it out and support my podcasting at the same time!

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Kat loved her job as a clinical pharmacist in emergency medicine.

Sam loved restoring habitat along a rail trail as part of his job.

And yet, one day, they both quit, to take a year-long mini-retirement in Latin America.

Because, well, why not?

They’d learnt that If you save, you can take a year of travel every decade of your life.

This idea of little pauses throughout your career sounded amazing to them!

Now, on their travels, they’re scoping out places all over the Spanish-speaking world to see where they might want to move, on the next stage of their work-life journey!

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You can find Kat and Sam’s travel photos on Instagram @katandsamadventures.

You can also follow Kat’s yoga inspiration @Kat_Kayamane and Sam’s ecology photos @naturewithecoguy.

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I release The Quit Work Podcast as a video too! Watch here.

I recorded this podcast using Riverside because it's a brilliant way to record high-quality audio and video. This is an affiliate link, so if you're interested in using Riverside to record your own podcasts, I'd be forever grateful if you'd click here to check it out and support my podcasting at the same time!

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A from Growing Her Wealth is totally on top of her finances at the age of 27.

She’s aiming for Coast FIRE by the age of 30.

By then, she’ll have fully funded her retirement accounts, so that she can look forward to a comfortable retirement at the age of 65.

In the meantime, she’ll have bought herself the freedom to work in roles that might not pay so much but are more fulfilling.

How did she get here?

Through such strategies as investing, exploring side hustles, negotiating her salary, and switching jobs to increase her salary still further.

If you haven’t renegotiated your salary recently, you really need to hear A’s advice on growing your wealth!

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You can follow A on Instagram @growingherwealth where she shares inspiring personal financial updates.

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I release The Quit Work Podcast as a video too! Watch here.

I recorded this podcast using Riverside because it's a brilliant way to record high-quality audio and video. This is an affiliate link, so if you're interested in using Riverside to record your own podcasts, I'd be forever grateful if you'd click here to check it out and support my podcasting at the same time!

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Sophie quit her government job in her twenties to go into extremely early retirement.

How?

Through her real estate investments, occasional part-time work, and some seriously frugal living.

After moving thousands of miles to the Canadian north to seek adventure, she found herself unimpressed with the office workplaces she encountered there.

Sophie wanted so badly to stop this nonsense. So she asked herself: “What if I retire?“

It didn’t take too much courage. She’d been living frugally for years, feeding herself with rice and beans and acquiring clothes and furniture from The Free Store. She’d invested in two properties, as well as some land on which she’d built a cabin with her own hands.

Liberated from social pressures of working life, Sophie feels like she’s finally allowing herself to be who she wants to be!

I release The Quit Work Podcast as a video too! Watch here.

I recorded this podcast using Riverside because it's a brilliant way to record high-quality audio and video. This is an affiliate link, so if you're interested in using Riverside to record your own podcasts, I'd be forever grateful if you'd click here to check it out and support my podcasting at the same time!

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Goutham Jay put out a tweet at 10am one Wednesday saying: “I think this might be it.”

His employer had told him to report back to the office after a couple of years of working from home.

The response on Twitter was overwhelming: we were all rooting for him.

By 3:30pm, Goutham had handed in his resignation.

With 2 years of runway, his side hustles have now become his full-time hustles.

From tweet to quit in 5½ hours: here’s how Goutham did it!

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You can find Goutham’s product Famewall at famewall.io

Goutham mentioned Paul Graham’s essay Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule

I release The Quit Work Podcast as a video too! Watch here.

I recorded this podcast using Riverside because it's a brilliant way to record high-quality audio and video. This is an affiliate link, so if you're interested in using Riverside to record your own podcasts, I'd be forever grateful if you'd click here to check it out and support my podcasting at the same time!

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The Dragons on FIRE are a couple living in the United States, both born in the year of the Dragon.

Dragon Gal has been retired almost five years and Dragon Guy for two-and-a-half years, even though they’re only in their forties.

And here’s the kicker: they reached financial independence without even knowing it!

We went deep into the personal side of financial independence and retiring early: the relationship between health and wealth, how to design a career that allows you to travel, how to deal with guilt, loneliness and sadness in early retirement, and how to handle suddenly spending so much more time together as a couple after early retirement.

You can connect with The Dragons on FIRE on their web site thedragonsonfire.com and you can follow them on Twitter @DragonGuyAndGal.

I release The Quit Work Podcast as a video too! Watch here.

I recorded this podcast using Riverside because it's a brilliant way to record high-quality audio and video. This is an affiliate link, so if you're interested in using Riverside to record your own podcasts, I'd be forever grateful if you'd click here to check it out and support my podcasting at the same time!

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Maggie has been talking about money with her friend Mike on the Friends on FIRE podcast for over 2 years.

Now, after 150+ episodes, Maggie has taken the plunge and retired early. Really early: Maggie reached financial independence before 40.

Maggie and I talk about why she quit work despite quite liking her work, about the difference between minimalism and frugality, and about quitting work at a time when inflation is up and the stock market is down.

But above all, we talk about talking about money, with your co-workers, your friends and your kids.

You can connect with Maggie and Mike on their web site www.friendsonfire.org or on Instagram @friends.onfire.

And you can find their podcast by searching for Friends on FIRE in your podcast player.

I release The Quit Work Podcast as a video too! Watch here.

I recorded this podcast using Riverside because it's a brilliant way to record high-quality audio and video. This is an affiliate link, so if you're interested in using Riverside to record your own podcasts, I'd be forever grateful if you'd click here to check it out and support my podcasting at the same time!

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Christina’s job in the maritime industry allowed her to travel the world.

She met people from a wide range of backgrounds, from the sailors on the ships to the board of directors.

But it wasn’t enough.

Taking a step back during lockdown, she examined her relationship with work, and discovered that her strengths and values were the complete opposite of the role she was working in.

So she renegotiated her position with her employer and wrote her own job description.

Now she’s pursuing financial independence and taking a 3-month sabbatical to work on her side hustle.

You can follow Christina on Instagram @yuppieonfire, where she creates beautifully clear posts about Financial Independence.

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Christina mentioned:

• Female Invest
• The Science of Well-Being course from Yale

I release The Quit Work Podcast as a video too! Watch here.

I recorded this podcast using Riverside because it's a brilliant way to record high-quality audio and video. This is an affiliate link, so if you're interested in using Riverside to record your own podcasts, I'd be forever grateful if you'd click here to check it out and support my podcasting at the same time!

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Welcome to The Quit Work Podcast.

I’m Mark, and this is a quick message to let you know that I’m switching to an every-other-week schedule for The Quit Work Podcast over the summer.

I have some great guests lined up, and you’ll get another full episode in your podcast player next Wednesday, and every other Wednesday after that.

The reason for the switch?

Well, I live in a small mountain town in Canada, where the winters are white and the summers are short.

I wouldn’t be the Quit Work guy if I didn’t quit working so hard in the summer and get out into the wilderness.

I’m really enjoying my 15-minute conversations with people who have quit their job and gone their own way, and I hope to continue them long into the future.

If you’re enjoying them too, please leave a rating and review in your podcast player!

It’ll really help other people find the podcast and help me attract more great guests.

So if you’re able to spare a couple of minutes to leave a rating and review right now, I’d be truly grateful!

Thanks so much for being part of The Quit Work Podcast.

I’ll talk to you again on Wednesday!

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Cali O’Connor works remotely from Mexico.

When she’s not putting in 20 hours a week on a part-time job or working on her own business, she’s free to enjoy the culture she’s immersed in.

That might mean taking a break in the middle of the day to go to the local market to pick out fresh food to cook for dinner.

Or it might mean accepting an invitation from a Oaxaca family to celebrate Día de los Muertos with them all day and into the night.

Cali and I talk about how to find freedom of time and location in your work life.

You can connect with Cali on Instagram @thetravelshifters or through the Travel Shifters web site.

And if you’re interested in remote work, check out season 2 of her Travel Possibilities podcast.

I release The Quit Work Podcast as a video too! Watch here.

I recorded this podcast using Riverside because it's a brilliant way to record high-quality audio and video. This is an affiliate link, so if you're interested in using Riverside to record your own podcasts, I'd be forever grateful if you'd click here to check it out and support my podcasting at the same time!

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