14. Sean & Katie: What's enough?

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Join me in this enlightening episode as I explore the unique journey of Sean and Katie, a married couple with a shared goal of achieving financial independence. Despite their love for their respective jobs, Sean and Katie are committed to creating a life of options for themselves and their daughter.

Episode Highlights:

• Financial advisors will try to sell you anything by connecting with you on a personal level: don’t fall for it!
• Privilege is a huge factor in financial success.
• Values-based spending is the key to a rich life.
• Everything new you buy is a little piece of the Earth and should not only spark joy, but sustain it.
• Travel vs. focusing on a homestead and how to balance these two passions as a couple.
• Dive into their retirement strategies including real estate, investing, and the coveted 457 account.
• Why Priuses are the superior vehicle.
• Using FI as a way to make the world a better place.

Episode Links:

• Episode webpage
• Suze Orman
• Marketplace on NPR
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondō
• Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin
• The PATH Method
• PATH Exercise
• Playing With Fire documentary
• The Fioneers CoastFI calculator
• Top Environmentally Friendly Vehicles — American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
• How to make a Prius Plow YouTube video

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