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Episode 49
Bike paths, Bitcoin, and Risk Budgets
I go for a bike ride most Sundays. Wherever I can, I ride on a bike path. Often there is a road running parallel to the bike path. Very often, cyclists are on the road when they could just as easily be on the bike path. Now I understand why they do this. It’s because … Continued
Episode 48
The 10 worst things you can do to prepare for retiring early
So your financial autonomy goal is to retire early. For some that might mean retiring at age 35 and for others age 58. Often, especially for those looking to retire at the younger end of the spectrum, it will mean ceasing their current role, but still engaging in some income producing activities. So retiring early … Continued
Episode 47
Sports Geek Sean Callanan on how he’s created a life around his passions
In this episode, we interview Sean Callanan, a podcasting guru, and owner of Sports Geek. After 15 years of working as an employee in the IT space, Sean started his company, Sports Geek, out of his passion for sports and his expertise in technology, in 2009. He eventually started his own podcast in 2014 under … Continued
Episode 45
Change – Essential Considerations when Making a Career or Life Change
Financial Autonomy is all about gaining choice, and very often, attainment of that choice goal results in a career or life change. In past posts we’ve explored numerous ways that you might be able to get yourself into a position to gain the choices that you deserve. In today’s post I thought it might be … Continued
Episode 43
How Settlers of Catan can help you achieve Early Retirement
As a kid, family holidays meant board and card games. Canasta was very popular, as was Monopoly, Cluedo, Squatter, and various other games. As an adult my love of games has continued and fortunately I’ve been able to convince my home tribe to join me (and usually crush me). Of the various games that we … Continued
Episode 42
What is Ethical Investment all about?
On the off-chance that you’re one of the few people who read the information sent out by their superannuation fund, you might have noticed that in recent years they’ve added an Ethical Investment option. Now the exact labelling of that option will vary – it might be called Socially Responsible, Sustainable, or just Responsible, all … Continued
Episode 41
From feeling trapped to living the life of her dreams – how Sharon Gourlay blogged her way to financial autonomy
Today I am joined by Sharon Gourlay from Digital Nomad Wannabe about how to gain financial independence through Blogging. Sharon Gourlay is passionate about working online and helping others to follow in her footsteps. She left Australia with her young family at the end of 2014 determined to grow an online business. She succeeded and now … Continued
Episode 40
How to successfully transition from the corporate world to self-employment
Are you tired of the insecurity that comes from constant corporate restructures and the politics of a large work place? Way back in episode 11, I explored the Security Illusion. This looked at the idea that most of us are brainwashed into believing that financial security comes from working for a large corporate, or perhaps … Continued
Episode 39
Financial Autonomy – Common Strategy Options
Regular listeners and readers know by now that Financial Autonomy is about gaining choice. Maybe that choice is retiring early (eg. the FIRE goal that’s popular in the US), but it could just as easily be the choice to work in a different career, start your own business, work fewer hours or days, or the … Continued
Episode 38
Will my Money Run Out?
Whether you’re planning for a traditional retirement at age 60+, or working towards an early retirement goal, thoughts of “will my money run out?” will no doubt have crossed your mind. There is a lot written about safe withdrawal rates. This refers to the rate you can afford to draw down on your savings, so … Continued
Episode 37
Tracey & Jo share how they built an INCREDIBLY successful online business in just 3 years
Today we have two interviews for the price-of-1 with sisters Tracey and Joanne from Sistermixin. Their online business is about educating everyone (especially their own families) on exactly what they are eating, what is in your food and some of the harmful effects this can have on your health. And they have become sought after … Continued
Episode 36
6 Powerful Early Retirement Hacks
The goal for many in the Financial Autonomy community is to retire early. Early retirement means different things to different people, but as I always talk about, Financial Autonomy is about gaining choice. So whether you’re early retirement consists of lying on the beach in Fiji at age 40, or traveling around Australia with your … Continued