Inside Out Money

Erica joins this week's podcast, and we discuss the existential topic of enough. What is enough money? What is enough stuff? How do we feel like we are enough? We discuss the concept of enough and related topics of Consumerism, Minimalism, Stoicism, Conscious Consumerism, Hedonic Adaptation, and the Hedonic Treadmill. We also explore how the concept of enough is related to early retirement. We...

Liz joins this week's podcast for a bonus episode, and we talk about how awesome meditation is and our personal meditation commitment for September. We share the many benefits of meditation, from reducing anxiety to improving your sleep, and even how it can impact your finances. We talk through various types of meditation and share some favorite tools and apps. We end with our commitment to ea...

Greg joins this week's podcast, discussing our rental properties and why and how we self-manage them. We share what criteria are important to us in selecting a rental property and how we got into self-managing them. We share our best tips and tricks for how we have created efficient approaches to finding tenants, screening tenants, writing and executing leases, communicating with tenants, mana...

Liz joins this week's podcast, and we talk about anxiety and money. We start with a definition of anxiety, how it’s related to money and your finances, and how people respond to financial anxiety. We share how anxiety has impacted our relationship with money and finances. We wrap up with actionable tips for effectively managing your anxiety around money. Get the full show notes, show reference...

Andrew joins this week's podcast, and we share three superpowers to financial success. Three superpowers can supercharge your finances and significantly improve your overall financial situation. We share what they are, why they are crucial to your finances, and some personal stories of how they have helped each of us. Get the full show notes, show references, and more information here: https:/...

Perhaps what matters most is figuring out what matters most. Erica joins this week's podcast, and we discuss the value of knowing your why and whether it truly matters. We discuss how defining a why can impact and influence your finances. We then talk through what a why could look like, how to work on defining yours, and if your why can change and evolve. Get the full show notes, show referenc...

Chris Hutchins from All The Hacks joins this week's podcast and shares his best financial hacks from years of podcasting and interviewing top financial experts. We discuss the importance of automation and simplifying your finances, why renting is often better than owning a home, how to invest successfully, and how putting money rules in place can improve your financial life. Chris shared his f...

Liz, Andrew, and Greg join this week's podcast and share what we spent in the first half 2023. We discuss why we believe tracking expenses is essential to our financial health and the tools and methods we each use.  We then share our total spend, top spend categories, what we feel good about, and what we’d like to improve upon. Get the full show notes, show references, and more information here: h...

Greg joins this week's podcast, where we share why travel hacking isn’t working for us and why we’ve decided to take a break and adjust our approach. We discuss why we got into travel hacking in the first place, how we earned 1.5 million points in 18 months, and what we’ve learned along this journey. While we like trying new things, we’ve tried this, and travel hacking isn’t working for us. We...

Andrew joins this week's podcast and we talk about what we’re each doing to set up our kids for financial success. The first step is teaching and educating your kids about money, and part of that is leading by example. We also discuss holding kids accountable to earn and spend money themselves, and teaching them about choices and tradeoffs. We wrap up by explaining 529 college savings accounts...

Liz joins this week's podcast and we discuss Bill Perkin’s book Die with Zero. We share our top takeaways and insights from Die with Zero as we talk about validating the decision to early retire, memory dividends, giving your kids money before you die versus waiting for an inheritance, annuities, optimizing for net fulfillment, and more. While we would both recommend this book, it’s for differ...

Erica joins this week's podcast, discussing what we consider “out of sight out of mind” spending. Maggie feels strongly that if you’re not tracking your expenses, 100% of your spending is out of sight, out of mind. We discuss a few spending categories that may be more out of sight and out of mind than others, such as subscriptions and memberships, insurance products, and expenses on autopay. W...

Greg joins this week's podcast, and we finally share why and how we bought a Tesla. We sold our 2016 Prius and bought a 2023 Tesla, and we were out of pocket about $10K! We share Greg’s new side hustle that gave us such an affordable upgrade path and what we think of the Tesla so far. Greg also shares his personal stories, experiences, and insights. Get the full show notes, show references, an...

Erica joins this week's podcast, discussing intentional spending and where we each choose to save or splurge. Intentional spending is all about a values-based, mindful, and conscious approach to your spending. We discuss how we intentionally spend across clothing, shoes, books, restaurants, groceries, travel, toiletries, home decor, commodities, and more! We both appreciate quality over quanti...

Liz joins this week's podcast, and we introduce the concept of lifestyle inflation or creep and share how our lifestyles have inflated in the last 10-20 years. We discuss the research on what makes people happy, the concept of hedonic adaptation, and the hedonic treadmill, and we go deep on whether we can genuinely admit or realize when our ego is driving our purchase decisions. Lifestyle inflatio...

Andrew joins this week's podcast, discussing our top 10 foundations of personal finance. We share how we’ve made progress against these categories, what we wish we had known sooner and did better when we were younger, and our advice for what to focus on to get your finances in the best shape possible. We discuss each of these 10 foundations: (1) Spend less than you make. (2) Create and stick t...

Greg joins this week's podcast, and we discuss our reflections and finances one year into early retirement. First, we share advice our campFI friends have given us along the way as we share how the first year of early retirement has been going. We then share what’s working well, what we’d like to improve, and the journey of feelings and experiences we’ve been through in our first year not work...

We talk about the parallels between physical fitness and financial fitness, both taboo topics to many, and how they are both quite different yet also similar in some ways. Co-host Liz from @lizgetsloaded introduces herself as one of the rotating hosts and shares her passion for getting loaded and how she and Maggie met. We start off with sharing the easiest way to be thin and rich, while we delve...

Investing in index funds and dollar cost averaging are the boring yet effective ways to invest. Co-host Andrew introduces himself as one of the rotating hosts and shares his passion for personal finance, sourdough bread baking, and cycling. We discuss the history of index funds, the benefits of investing in index funds, and how dollar cost averaging works. We share the key messages from John Bogle...

Why do we spend money the way we spend it? We attempt to break down the psychology of spending, exploring the complex combination of personal, societal, and cultural factors that influence how we spend our money. Co-host Erica introduces herself as one of the rotating hosts and shares her background, money story, and her love of baseball. Next, we dig into the top reasons people overspend and expl...

Let this first episode be your fresh start as we discuss the fresh start effect. Co-host Greg introduces himself as one of the rotating hosts and shares his background, interests, and experience with early retirement. Next, we introduce the fresh start effect, a phenomenon where people are more likely to tackle their goals immediately following salient temporal landmarks, and how to use it as a to...

Welcome the the Inside Out Money podcast. Inside Out Money is a personal finance podcast focused on redefining wealth from the inside out. Improving your finances isn't just about the math, it's about the mind. The math is the easy part, the right mindset is the harder part. Join us for a FUN weekly podcast with your host Maggie and a rotating set of co-hosts, friends, and interviews. The...