Our Biggest Fears About Early Retirement
What’s the scariest part of retiring early? For many, it's not just about money—it's the unknowns...
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Life After FIRE: Your Toughest Questions, Answered
After five years of early retirement and 100 episodes of Two Sides of FI, what have we learned? A...
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2025 Market Chaos Blowing up our FIRE Plans?
With markets down at one point nearly 20% in 2025, is this the sequence risk moment we feared? In...
38:53
What Should We Do With Bonds and Cash in a Crazy Market?
How should you respond to market conditions to ensure financial stability? Like the famous Mike...
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It's Harder to Retire Than I Expected
Do some find it hard to retire because they don't know how to stop working? In today's episode,...
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How We're Using ProjectionLab in (Early) Retirement
Why has ProjectionLab quickly become one of the most popular early retirement planning tools? In...
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Are You on Track? Our 2024 Financial Review
What are the critical financial elements to track and review each year pre- and post-FI? In this...
51:59
How Do I Know When I'm Ready to Retire?
How do you know when it's the right time to retire? Most on the FIRE path focus on the financial...
46:54
What No One Tells You About Purpose and Happiness in Retirement
Worried about finding purpose in retirement? Most people are, but in reality it's easy to address...
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Retiring (Early) in 5 Days. Am I Ready?
What's it really like to be 5 days away from early retirement? Laura, a 51-year-old...
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How Options Trading Led this Engineer to Financial Independence in His 30s
How can a hobby turn into a second career and lead to financial independence before 40? In this...
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Early Retirement + Group Travel: What Works, What Doesn’t
Are group tours the ultimate hassle-free way to travel, or do they come with unexpected...
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How would you feel if you worked hard to retire early and later realized you hated being retired?...
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Empty Nest, New Challenges: What’s Next After Early Retirement?
In this episode Eric and Jason share their experiences as new empty nesters and reflect on the...
42:03
Financial Independence at 50 (Finally!)
After years of planning, Eric and Laura have finally reached their FI number at 50! They...
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He Earned a Million Dollars Trading This Option Strategy
How would you like to earn $80,000 a year trading options against your existing portfolio? That's...
51:56
Our 80/20 Rules for Early Retirement: How We Did It
If you are not aggressive, you are not going to make money, and if you are not defensive, you are...
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Checking In: Year One of Early Retirement
A year later, Jason and Eric check in with their friend Erik, who retired early at 49 while his...
46:30
Four Years Later: What I Wish I Knew Before Retiring Early
Four years after retiring early at 47, Jason reflects on the key lessons he wishes he knew...
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Retired Early? Here’s How to Pay Yourself
How do you plan to set up your retirement paycheck to avoid running out of money? In this...
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