How to Pay Off Debt: A Step-by-Step Framework
Most debt payoff advice says pick a method and start. That is not a plan. This step-by-step framework triages every debt...
How to Do an Expense Audit (And Find the Spending Leaks Draining Your FI Number)
The ChooseFI expense audit is a four-hour exercise that reveals the spending leaks standing between you and financial in...
Why are you Pursuing FI?, Financial Checkup, Get it out of your Brain
Why are you on the path to Financial Independence? It has to be more than running away from a job you dislike or even ha...
Friends of the Library, Tax Penalty Abatements, 2026 Contribution Limits
We’ve long called ChooseFI the “friends of the library” and I was reminded of this when I visited my local branch last w...
New FI Math Update, 1% Rule Relevant?, Book Club
Two weeks ago, I talked about the value of cutting $100 from your monthly expenses which leads to an astonishing $30,000...
Poker Decision Making, Cost Basis Choices, FI Service Corps
My secret wish for you, in listening to ChooseFI, has always been that beyond reaching Financial Independence, you’d als...
Selling Shares, Travel Money Saving Tips & More
I had a fascinating conversation with my friend, Kim, in NYC earlier this month: Kim reached FI and left her job literal...
Rebel Finance School, Simple Path Update, Compounding & More
Katie & Alan Donegan are once again offering their 10-week Rebel Finance School in 2025, and it starts June 2nd.
Can I Truly Afford This?, Unexpected Savings on Dental Care
I had an in-depth conversation with a close friend and we hit upon an essential mental concept critical for all of us: W...
FI Music Album, Middle-Class Trap?, Every FI Event
Alan & Katie Donegan just released “The World’s First Financial Independence Music Album” under the name the Rebelutiona...
Energy Audit, 50 Years of Travel Tips, Password Manager
It’s rare that I find something so good that I paste it here in its entirety, but I found this exercise from Tim Ferriss...
Annual Financial Checkup, 2025 Setup for Success & More
A few years ago, Jonathan and I released Episode 358 of the ChooseFI podcast and even though we titled it the “Getting S...
Podcast Episodes
Value Matrix: Case Studies (2-4) Required Bloat
Apr 20, 2026
Value Matrix Case Study: Leaky Budget
Mar 30, 2026
Identify Financial Leaks: And How to Build and Use A Value Matrix
Mar 8, 2026
Understanding the Power of the Expense Audit
Feb 15, 2026
Getting Personal with Personal Finance: Vicki Robin & Ginger
Apr 6, 2025
Budgeting Masterclass | Tiffany "The Budgetnista" Aliche
Nov 20, 2023
Mailbag: Cover Your Expenses | Rachael Camp
Oct 1, 2023
Spending for Happiness | Carl Jensen & Doug Cunnington
Jul 3, 2023
The Invisible Nature of Spending | Ginger Roundup
Jun 26, 2023
The Skill of Spending | Mr. Money Mustache
Apr 10, 2023
