ChooseFI

I have been a listener, off and on, from the beginning. I love the addition of Ginger! Not only is it great to have a female voice in this space (so many great FI women, but podcasts still feel male-dominated), but Ginger specifically brings fantastic energy and insight. Keep it up! More Ginger! ;)

This podcast started awesome the first few years with Brad and Jonathan. They talked strategies and concepts that were incredibly helpful and insightful. But the core concepts have now been covered, many on this journey HAVE reached FI and so now the podcast has essentially evolved into “How else do we optimize and find meaning in life?” type topics (I’ll spare you my rationale for why y’all keep searching endlessly). Minus Jonathan and now with Rachel, Ginger and some other females pitching in, the podcast now feels like I’m sitting in on a conversation between middle aged women I was never invited to (and don’t want to be there for). There are gem episodes every now and again yet….but they are increasingly fewer and further between. The first 200 episodes were gold.

Wow, episode 509 was just so good, and this show is generally great—I love the focus on like living life and the ordinary FI/other ways people meet it and the show is really entertaining and interesting. Most recent episode with the song (539?) was IMPOSSIBLY cringey why is there a song and why is this being discussed was a revolution without going all in and being anti work lol. As a youth™️ (26) I’d love to see (or be pointed to) an episode on picking a FI number way in the future haha Also: As the daughter of a FI couple (who aren’t in the community haha) I really like the mild emphasis on the whole second generation FI thing because that’s sort of what is happening for me (and what I’d love to offer any kids I have in the future) and the leg up I’ve gotten (financial exposure=investing at 22, paid for uni, family financially independent/not needing support, security in a safety net that means I don’t accept poor treatment in the workplace) has given me so many choices—it is like SUCH a great goal and I love seeing other people pursuing it. Kudos to you!

I’ve been listening to this show for almost 3 years and it’s a core staple of my podcast library. I’ve learned so much from Brad, Jonathan, and their guests, and while I’ve always been fairly frugal, it has absolutely shaped my financial decisions as someone in my mid-twenties. I am a stay at home mom, so although we are likely decades from true FI, I know that I am living my dream already!