Doug reconnects with Steve, a previous guest, for an update on the past few years of his financial journey, including a net worth increase from $1.7 million to $2.5 million. Despite his financial success, Steve grapples with balancing work, family, and personal identity, contemplating a future shift towards more meaningful, public service-oriented work. He also discusses the intricacies of managing separate finances with his wife, mental challenges of a high-paying yet unfulfilling job, and the benefits of reassessing life goals & priorities in midlife.

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• Guitar Accessories
• Hiking & Outdoor
• Essentials for Sleep

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Links

• Steve on MHFI episode 098
• MHFI Facebook group
• Doug’s site
• Check out Producer Chris’s blog: Epic Financial Journey

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0:00 Introduction

3:05 Updates on Steve’s financial situation

8:48 Navigating finances for couples

16:44 Continuing to work

21:38 Coping with identity and a midlife crisis

26:00 Laziness vs. productivity

34:29 Retirement goal & future plans

Doug catches up with Carl at FinCon 2025 in Portland to talk about health & fitness updates. Carl shares his journey of losing weight, specifics of his workout regimen, dietary changes, and his brief use of microdosing Ozempic. Both of them discuss exercise habits, how they handle travel and exercise while on the road, and the occasional disruptions caused by gym etiquette. Doug wraps up from the studio with a summary of his own fitness routine, which emphasizes consistency and injury prevention.

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• Essentials for Sleep

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Links

• Carl Jensen
• FinCon
• Brad Barrett/ChooseFI
• ChooseFI, “Update: Healthiest Year Ever | Dean Turner | Ep 480”
• Peter Attia
• HEVY app
• MHFI Facebook group
• Doug’s site
• Check out Producer Chris’s blog: Epic Financial Journey

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0:00 Introduction

1:47 Carl’s health & fitness transformation

6:25 Diet changes & microdosing experiment

13:35 Bad gym etiquette

19:40 Weight training routine

25:04 Fitness goals & finding motivation

29:49 Doug’s typical workout schedule & routine

34:07 Proper rest & recording progress

39:09 Cardio & hiking

Doug chats with Elliot Gross (9 to FI podcast) about his path to Financial Independence. He shares how he discovered FI at age 27 and details his journey from getting out of debt to strategically positioning himself to retire early in 18 months. Elliot also discusses his detailed approach to managing finances, the milestones he hit along the way, future aspirations involving geo-arbitrage with Italian citizenship, dealing with “one more year” syndrome, and the importance of community.

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• Essentials for Sleep

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Links

• 9 to FI podcast
• ChooseFI local groups
• Mr. Money Mustache, “The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Early Retirement”
• Mad Fientist, “How to Access Retirement Funds Early”
• Josh Epley on MHFI episode 287
• Playing with Fire movie
• EconoMe Conference
• MHFI Facebook group
• Doug’s site
• Check out Producer Chris’s blog: Epic Financial Journey

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0:00 Introduction

1:13 Discovering Financial Independence

7:58 Preparing for early retirement

13:39 Dealing with debt & Magic the Gathering

19:20 A bad week

23:29 Elliot’s FI journey

29:11 Navigating finances in a relationship

35:00 Current expenses

39:20 Net worth & asset allocation

46:18 Italian citizenship & future plans

50:32 Importance of community

59:21 Soundcheck – 9 to FI podcast