Ep. 580 — This Year Everything Changes

I'm excited to participate in the crowd sourcing by responding to podcast questions or calling in with a life hack / frugal win of the week.... BUT I cannot find on the website where to do that! I keep clicking on all the pages but I cannot find a place that says 'click here to leave us a voicenote'. Where is this located?

I was so excited to hear you two together again! I yelled to my husband, Jonathans back!!!!! As if Jonathan is a close friend😂

SOOO great to have the team back! I am more of a "Brad" than a "Jonathan," and I admittedly used to think I would prefer a show with just Brad hosting. Be careful what you ask for. The last few years have been great, but it did sometimes feel like I was listening to someone who shared my perspective a little too much. Jonathan brings a balance that I now realize I really value. Love both of you guys and all you have done to improve my family's life in the last 8 +/- years! "Magical," indeed. ❤️🪄✨

Thank you guys for all you do! I just retired 4 months ago at age 58, not super early, but still pretty damn cool! I might not have had the courage to retire without all the information I've gotten from ChooseFI. And LORDY I gotta tell you retirement is just as great as I thought it would be -- x 1000! Looking forward to engaging more with ChooseFI in 2026. This is a nice happy place for me (at a time when opening your computer or looking at your phone often just reveals today's fresh news horror).

The optionality and freedom created by FI is fan-FUCKING-tastic! But I've found (now that I'm retired) that having financial security and not having the stress/burden of a job makes all other challenges in life that much easier to cope with. Silly little example, I just got over a cold. My first cold since I retired. And guess what, I 100% rested, ate oranges, had hot tea, and watched British murder mysteries. No worrying about work, checking email, going back in the office before I should, etc. It was the best cold ever! lol

I listened yesterday. Great episode! and thanks for the LMNT recipe 😎

Welcome back @jonathanMendonsa 🫡 After 15+ years I deleted Facebook + Instagram this Dec [had to wait 30 days for the full purge… absurd] and honestly one of the reasons why I held onto Facebook was to have access to groups, especially the ChooseFI one. As a Trust & Safety professional (www.dlugosz.xyz

) I feel very at peace that I don’t have to be part of that predatory social media environment.

I am BRAND NEW to FI and this was my first podcast episode -- I am very excited to start learning about this, even if it's later in life. Husband and I are both turning 50 this year and what I'm hoping for is a supportive community that isn't going to judge us for just learning about this now, haha, and instead be a source of encouragement as we dive headfirst into this! Excited about the community aspect of this movement, and the app amplifies this opportunity exponentially. Well done, guys!

This was a fun surprise to kick off 2026, I can't wait for the upcoming episodes :)

Also, loving the new option to take action through the app!

I’m new here and I’m re watching all episodes from 2017. It’s amazing how even these old episodes still applies to today. A lot of gems. Glad to have you back Jonathan.

Listener for several years now, and happily RE this March. Love the show and even own a ChooseFI hoodie that I wear proudly, and looking forward to engaging where I can. That being said y’all are pushing a bit too hard on the new site & app, both in number of times mentioned and the language used (“I need you to”). If people are interested and it’s easy to use - people will use it. I love the shout out for crowdsourced community engagement - but let us choose how we want to give you that content and feedback, not forcing it through one channel. Some of use are choosing FI for freedom, not to be told there’s new expectations for us.

Knick-knack Paddy-whack! The Mac Daddy's BACK! 😎