A Purple Life: Financial Independence, Early Retirement at Age 30, Travel, Geo-Arbitrage, Living on $20K in HCOL Cities, and More I Episode 82

Welcome to the Fit Rich Life Podcast. A show all about mastering Money, Fitness & Life.

In today’s special guest episode, I talk with the anonymous blogger behind A Purple Life. 

Purple has not been working since October 2020, when she retired early at the age of 30 with $500,000 saved and invested. 

She’s been anonymously blogging since 2018 about her financial independence journey sharing all the juicy financial details of her saving, spending, investing, lifestyle, travel and more. 

During this episode, we dig into a lot of the real numbers, including Purple’s salary and spending over the years, along with her investment portfolio, travel, and a whole lot more.

Tune into a wide-ranging conversation to inspire you on your own Financial Independence Journey to Early Retirement.

Connect with Purple:

Website: https://apurplelife.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apurplelife/ 

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In this episode, you will learn about:

[00:00-04:48] Meet Purple from A Purple Life - Introduction and background.

[04:49-14:51] Building a Career and Increasing Income and negotiating for higher salaries. 

[14:52-26:20]  Keeping expenses low, blogging anonymously and sharing financial numbers. 

[26:21-39:17] Weathering Market Downturns - Zooming Out: Long-Term Gains in the Stock Market. 

[39:18-52:19] Never Been Bored: Retirement Experience in the Last Four Years, Retirement Themes: Focusing on Different Goals Each Year. 

[52:20-59:46] Fitness Journey: Finding Activities You Enjoy and Can Be Consistent With, Tracking Expenses and Using Tools like YNAB.

[59:47-1:15:17] Unconventional Happiness: Doing What Makes You Happy Despite Judgments.

Key quotes:

“I crunched my numbers and realized I could retire in 10 years. Then I made some changes and did it in half the time.” - Purple

“80% of money is psychology, including mindset, behavior, and habits” - Justin David Carl 

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