FI Minded: Achieve Financial Independence & Have Fun Doing It
Want to achieve financial independence without missing out on the fun?
FI Minded is for anyone who wants to achieve financial freedom, live life on their own terms, and, most importantly, enjoy the journey along the way!
Whether you’re just starting to think about financial independence or already deep into the process, FI Minded gives you the tools and inspiration to make FI a reality - without giving up the things you love.
Each episode, we’ll cover topics like:
*Financial Independence Strategies: Simple, actionable advice to reach FI faster (if that’s your goal).
*Work Optionality: Transitioning from the corporate grind (no more "one more year syndrome") to a life of freedom and flexibility.
*Lifestyle Design: How to build a life that aligns with your values, goals, and dreams.
*Stories from the FI Community: Real people sharing their journeys to FI and what they’ve learned.
*Fun with FI: How to save your future and enjoy your current life through CoastFI, mini-retirements, travel, or just making the most of your time.
*Fighting Burnout: Balancing saving for your future while staying mentally healthy.
Some of our past guests include:
Carl Jensen (1500 Days), Jeremy Schneider (Personal Finance Club), Nick Loper (Side Hustle Show), Andrew Giancola (The Personal Finance Podcast), Jordan Grumet (Earn & Invest), Jill Sirianni (Frugal Friends), Jacking Cummings-Koski (Catching Up to FI), Jesse Cramer (Personal Finance for Long-Term Investors), Diania Merriam (Optimal Finance Daily), Rachael Camp (Work Optional), Jillian Johnsrud (Retire Often), Sean Mullaney (FI Tax Guy), Joel Larsgaard (How to Money), Erin Lowry (Broke Millennial).
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 179
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Fast-Track Your 2025 Money Goals Using These Strategies | E159 Justin Brown-Woods
It’s the start of a new year, and you’ve set some financial goals like paying off student loans, saving for a down payment, or maxing out your IRA. Whatever your goal, how awesome would it feel if yo…
What Happens After I Reach FIRE? Withdrawal Strategy, Spending Changes, & Finding Meaning | E158 Jeremy Schneider
Since discovering financial independence, I have focused on wealth-building: choosing the right accounts, investing wisely, and cutting expenses to save more. But now that I’m approaching my FIRE num…
Anxiety-Free Purpose: Framework for Creating Purpose in Your Life | E157 Jordan Grumet
Why save and invest? It’s a rhetorical question, but let’s think it through.
When you save and invest, you’re sharing financial resources with your future self. This means your future self won’t have …
Creative Frugality: How to Do A Lot With A Little | E156 Jill Sirianni
Who says you can’t have your cake and eat it too? With a little bit of creative frugality, I think it is possible to live below your means and buy the things that bring you joy.
What do I mean by crea…
Is Couponing Worth it, Using Your Old Student ID for Discounts, Weirdest Way You’ve Made Money, and More | E155 Joel Larsgaard, Jackie Cummings Koski, Justin Brown Woods
Okay, this episode was so much fun to create. This is outside my normal format but equally as informative and probably more entertaining.
In October, I attended FinCon, a conference for personal finan…
10 Golden Rules of Personal Finance | E154 Jesse Cramer
There are so many rules in the personal finance space. Some are helpful, others not so much.
Let's set aside the bad ones for a minute (for example, stop buying avocado toast) and discuss the helpful …
You Can Afford to Leave Your Job But You’re Afraid to Quit | E153 Tess Waresmith & Nicole Franklin
There will be a point in your FI journey when a stable salary will become less important to you. You’ve built up your savings and investments to a place where you are comfortable. The freedom and fle…
Ignoring the Rules and Paving Your Own Path to FIRE | E152 Diania Merriam
I love FI because it allows me to break the rules and live outside the norm. Like, no one has time for 40 years of traditional employment. But little did I realize I left one set of rules only to get…
When Your Spouse Makes More Than You | E151 Ed Coambs
While we still have a lot of work to do, I’m really glad we’ve made strides in closing the gender pay gap. Women's increased incomes have led to significant changes in household dynamics. More women …
Roth vs Traditional: Which is Right For You If You’re Pursuing FIRE? | E150 Rachael Camp
It’s one of the most hotly debated topics in personal finance…Roth or Traditional?
Some argue that the national debt almost guarantees higher taxes in the future and that you should choose Roth and pa…
Is the US Stock Market Too Reliant on a Few Large Companies? | E149 Erik Baskin
Over the last couple of years, a key group of companies known as The Magnificent Seven has emerged. This group of high-performing and influential companies includes Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Mic…
Reverse Budgeting: Low-Stress Way to Spend Guilt-Free and Keep Your Finances Healthy | E148 Peter Lazaroff
Things can get complicated quickly in the world of personal finance. From investing and budgeting to estate planning and insurance, there are multiple ways to accomplish what you need to get done.
Let…
How to Fight About Money Without Ruining a Relationship | E147 Allie Volpe
There are going to be differences. And these differences are what lead to disagreements.
Imagine a scenario where you and your friends are booking an Airbnb for an upcoming trip. The group isn’t progr…
5 Secrets to Make Your FIRE Journey Fun | E146 Jackie Cummings Koski
Yes, your path to financial independence is going to take work and sacrifice but it shouldn’t be miserable. Financial independence is not worth it if it means being unhappy for decades of your life. …
Use Flow State to Achieve More and Accelerate Your Financial Goals | E145 Justine Elizabeth
Whether you consider yourself a writer or not, you’ve been asked to write before. This could be an essay for school, an email at work, or a caption for a post. Sometimes when we are writing, we have…
Why Are We So Weird When It Comes to Money | E144 Paco de Leon
Humans are weird whenever it comes to money. We drive five miles out of the way to save a few cents on gas. We buy things we don’t need because they’re on sale. We don’t ask for a raise although we’v…
Work Optionality: A Different Way to Imagine at FIRE | E143 Rachael Camp
Work optionality is the idea that you work because you want to, not because you have to. As you’re listening to this in your 20s, this concept might seem like a pipe dream. That’s truly fair. Most of…
Embracing Mini-Retirements: How to Take Breaks on Your Path to FI | E142 Jillian Johnsrud
Let’s not sugarcoat it, the path to financial independence is a grind. Even with an aggressive savings rate and an extended bull market run, you’re going to be at it for a while.
Setting the hard work…
Retiring Early? How to Withdrawal Money from Your 401(k)Without a Penalty | E141 Sean Mullaney
We always hear the importance of taking advantage of our 401K and IRA accounts. The tax advantages and employer match are too good to pass up on. But is this true for early retirees? If I’m planning …
Does My FIRE Number Account for Inflation? | E140 Jesse Cramer
I love playing with compound interest calculators and one equation I’m routinely calculating is the number of years until I reach financial independence. Using the 4% rule, I multiply my living expen…