In this episode, we do a thought experiment. What if we woke up as 18 year old's and had to start our wealth-building journeys all over again?
What first steps would we take? What would we do differently?
Discussion points...
- Intro chat (01:10)
- Would we study or start work immediately? (05:32)
- Would we try to earn extra income? (13:36)
- Buying vs renting for us starting now (18:50)
- Our expected living expenses, savings rate and timeframe to FI (26:02)
- Would we be more frugal than we are now? (36:24)
- Semi-retirement or full FI? (41:12)
- How would we invest? (45:48)
- Would we put extra into super? (52:32)
- What if we started at age 40 instead? (55:20)
- What if we were single? (1:05:46)
- Overall, would it be easier or harder? (1:09:37)
Resources and stuff mentioned...
- How we track our investments: Sharesight
- Low cost share investing platform: Pearler
- History of interest rates in Australia
- Early Retirement Calculator
- DHHF & VDHG: Is One Fund All You Need?
- Why Financial Independence is Getting Easier
- The Future of Financial Independence
More from us...
- Pat's blog: Life Long Shuffle
- Dave's blog: Strong Money Australia
- Contact us with questions and feedback: fireandchillpod@gmail.com