The Time Freedom Podcast

➡️ Follow Diane on Instagram, THE EXPANSIVE LIFE PROJECT: https://instagram.com/theexpansivelifeproject ➡️ Try the TIME FREEDOM CALCULATOR: https://timefreedomcalculator.com ➡️ Buy TIME FREEDOM, the Book: https://timefreedom.life/book In this episode... Diane shares how she reshaped her physician career over nearly two decades, one small request at a time, until it became work she loved. She expla...

➡️ Try the TIME FREEDOM CALCULATOR: https://timefreedomcalculator.com ➡️ Buy TIME FREEDOM, the Book: https://timefreedom.life/book ➡️ Read the FAST FOLLOW INVESTING bonus chapter: https://timefreedom.life/fastfollow In this episode... Buy-and-hold investors are taught that timing the market is a mistake, so isn’t fast follow just market timing? Brian explains why it isn’t. Fast follow works more l...

➡️ Get the free Fast Follow bonus chapter: https://timefreedom.life/fastfollow ➡️ Buy TIME FREEDOM, the Book: https://timefreedom.life/book In March 2020, Brian watched his portfolio drop by about $50,000 a day. After 23 years of saving, he was just about ready to start using that money, so he panicked and sold everything to cash. That locked in a $200K loss, and then he missed a $300K rebound. It...

➡️ Try the TIME FREEDOM CALCULATOR: https://timefreedomcalculator.com ➡️ Buy TIME FREEDOM, the book: https://timefreedom.life/book ➡️ Read the FAST FOLLOW INVESTING bonus chapter: https://timefreedom.life/fastfollow In this episode... Izzy and her husband are a no-kids couple from Atlanta who earn a combined $250,000 a year, live on $120,000, and save the rest. They’ve been saving and investing si...

➡️ Try the TIME FREEDOM CALCULATOR: https://timefreedomcalculator.com ➡️ Buy TIME FREEDOM, the Book: https://timefreedom.life/book In this episode... Annika is a corporate sustainability director at 42, and she has bigger dreams. Her husband Nick has spent his whole career quietly saving and investing, and together they’ve built up $500,000. Their goal is time freedom by 45, with their daughter Ma...

➡️ Buy TIME FREEDOM, the Book: https://timefreedom.life/book ➡️ Listen to Marriage, Kids and Money: https://pod.link/1175746628 In this episode... Andy explains FIRE and Coast FI by comparing two extremes: traditional retirement at 65 and saving half your income to retire at 40. He shares how the second extreme strained his marriage, and why he and his wife settled on a middle path. He walks throu...

➡️ Buy TIME FREEDOM, the Book: https://timefreedom.life/book ➡️ Join the COMMUNITY: https://timefreedom.life/community/ In this episode... Recorded partly live from the launch reading in Alameda, Brian and Kirby break down the strategy behind the book's first week. One week after launch, Time Freedom had 107 Amazon reviews and 92 on Goodreads, and it didn't take a Good Morning America appearance t...

Three days after a place on Lake Seventeen unexpectedly went up for sale, Brian and Claire had their offer accepted, because the cash to move on it was already sitting ready. On today's podcast, Brian and Kirby dig into a topic that sounds boring on paper: where to store your cash. Cash savings is a key component of the Time Freedom Portfolio, and in this episode we talk tactics: exactly where to...

Today on the podcast, Brian sits down with his wife, Claire, for a special episode on the day Time Freedom was officially released. They talk about how Claire shaped the book, from strategically timing her first read to the origin of the now-famous "Claire's Official Disclaimer," and the real story behind the emergency room scene that opens Chapter One. ➡️ Buy your copy of Time Freedom here . In t...

Today on the podcast, Brian and Kirby open with a hard number: 23 million Americans are stuck in jobs they want to leave, not for the paycheck, but for the health insurance. From there, Brian walks through his own decade-long path to coverage: COBRA, a startup's small business plan, and eventually the Affordable Care Act. Then, he breaks down fourteen options you should consider to get the health...

Today on the podcast, Brian and Kirby kick off Season 3 by tackling money that's technically yours but functionally out of reach, because it's locked in a 401k, a business, or your home equity. First, the story of a client who had six figures saved but still felt stuck and needing permission as much as a plan to access it. And then, some tactics for how to handle this "good" problem to have. This...

Top 5 Takeaways:   Time freedom doesn't have to come at the end. Listener stories: Audrey dancing ballet in Mexico, Matthew working 15 hours a week from Canada, show people designing the life now rather than waiting for some finish line.  Your voice is part of the message. When a book weaves personal stories in with the frameworks, narrating the audiobook yourself builds trust and rapport faster t...

Top 5 Takeaways: Time freedom doesn't have to come at the end. Tim and Darran built it into Point B from the very beginning, designing work around their lives rather than the other way around. Company culture is like a bank. If everyone makes deposits, it scales infinitely. If people only make withdrawals, it quietly collapses. The CEO isn't the keeper of culture, because everyone is. Partnerships...

Top 5 Takeaways: The basics never die. In fitness, it's squat, hinge, push, pull, carry, and power. In finance, it's consistent saving and investing over time. Mastering the fundamentals, and doing them well, beats chasing trends in both. Choose your hard. You can do the hard work of investing in your health now, proactively, or you can face the harder consequences of neglect later. There's no avo...

Top 5 Takeaways: Find the one idea you can make synonymous with yourself. Lee built his entire career around explanation, and that single thread connected Common Craft, two books, a Google partnership, and a new Substack. You get to define what shareholder value means. If you're the only stakeholder, you can choose to maximize time instead of money. Just because you design your business around you...

Top 5 Takeaways: Variation creates appreciation. Doing different things in life, like working then resting or traveling then staying put, makes you appreciate what you did before and what might come next. The contrast is the point. Consider a career break in the first part of Year 2. If you're following the No-Hustle Transition to entrepreneur, don't just flip from employee to business owner. Take...

Top 5 Takeaways: "I don't have time" really means "it's not a priority." Changing that language reminds you that time is a choice. Saying yes to things that intrigue you, even small or unfamiliar ones, is how new opportunities find you. Active patience means doing your part so time can do its part. "Not yet" doesn't mean never. Complexity is not the same as chaos. A well-run life can have a lot go...

Top 5 Takeaways: A job is just a job, not a career. When you're good at what you do, leaving a role is far less risky than most people think. You don't have to be an entrepreneur to live with time freedom. Les achieved it through a traditional career by making intentional choices over time. Post-adventure depression is real. Finishing a big, consuming goal can leave a hole that catches you off gua...

Top 5 Takeaways: Happiness is fleeting and external. Joy is self-sourced. Only 10% of our experience comes from external circumstances. The other 90% is up to us. More time doesn't equal more success. You can get there faster by working fewer hours with a refreshed attitude than by grinding it out. Follow the breadcrumbs. Seema left dentistry with no plan and let opportunities show up as she align...

Top 5 Takeaways: Give each day a single focus. Instead of cramming work, family, self-care, and social time into every day, Ruby picks one theme per day. It stopped her from feeling like she was failing at everything. Accept the seasons of "time broke." With young kids, certain hours of the day are just spoken for. Accepting that (instead of resenting it) frees up the hours you do control. You don...

Top 5 Takeaways: Aim for more than enough. John Bogle preached "enough." Paul respectfully disagrees. Most people never reach their goal, and bad things happen. A cushion of more than enough is what actually lets you relax. The “two funds for life” strategy is powerful in its simplicity: a target date fund plus a small cap value index fund. That's it. It came from John Bogle shaking his finger at...

Top 5 Takeaways: Your buffers aren't just financial. Vickie identifies four: financial, health, paperwork and plans, and skills. When life goes sideways, it's the combination that determines how fast you recover. Selling the house and the stuff bought her something more valuable than equity. It bought her time and space to pivot without the weight of debt and maintenance pulling her under. You can...

Top 5 Takeaways: Financial independence (FI) doesn't mean your life is figured out. Rebecca reached FI at 32 and says it’s taken years to design a life she loves. Moving from a low cost of living city back to a high cost one was the right call for Rebecca's family, even though it technically moved her further from “full FI.” Life design matters more than the number. Time freedom with toddlers is r...

Top 5 Takeaways: Running the numbers creates relief. Both Veena and Trevor describe the same feeling: once you see it on paper, fear turns into confidence. You don't have to prove your value. Veena's biggest mindset shift was letting go of the belief that she had to constantly earn her worth. Money personalities can improve relationships. Trevor and his wife had better conversations once they unde...

Top 5 Takeaways: You can design your work around your ideal life. AJ built a studio that funds her dream lake home. Thinking in "seasons" beats rigid daily time blocks. Intense work periods are sustainable when you know they'll end. Writing is a learnable craft, not just a natural talent. Commitment to learning matters more than innate ability. The mindset "my art will sustain me" becomes a self-f...