Doug and Amberly chat about key tenants of Financial Independence, shifts in the community over the years, and how each of them have “failed” in different FI-related areas (along with some successes). Amberly also shares details of an upcoming FI cruise!
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0:00 Introduction
1:56 FinTalks cruise
7:57 Shifts in the FIRE community
14:52 Failure #1: Travel rewards
22:42 Failure #2: Budgeting & expense tracking
35:38 Failure #3: 4% rule
38:37 Failure #4: Optimizing retirement contributions
46:15 Failure #5: Savings rate
48:25 Failure #6: Frugality
1:00:40 Misc failures & mindful consumption
1:09:35 Criticism of early retirement
1:18:20 Soundcheck - Hot sauce
