Continuing on with a favorite topic of mine—financial independence! In last week's episode I shared a bit about what my mindset around personal finances was before I discovered the concept of FI. Tl;dr: the more I earned, the more I spent, and I couldn’t imagine a reality where things would or could be different. I’m so glad I learned that there is a better way!

For me, finding that better way came in three parts: 1) getting introduced to the idea & basic concepts of financial independence; 2) applying that information to figure out my current FI status; and 3) making a long term plan to actually work towards FI.

Show Links & Additional Resources To Check Out:

• Book: The Four Pillars of Investing by William Bernstein
• Book: Your Money Or Your Life
• Bogleheads Web Forum
• Mad Fientist blog and podcast
• ChooseFI Podcast, and check out their local listings to find a meetup group near you
• Plain English explanation of how to achieve FI
• Mint online personal finance tracker
• Personal Capital - another online personal finance tracker (I personally like this one better)

This episode was originally published 27 February, 2018.