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Journey To Launch

043- Being Rich & Regular: A Couple's Journey To Reaching Financial Independence

Journey To Launch

Jamila Souffrant

Finances, Business, Realestateinvesting, Entrepreneurship, Earlyretirement, Investing, Budgeting, Wealth

5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

There a few things more inspirational than hearing about another family’s real-life experience. Kiersten and Julien Saunders, the couple behind the finance blog, Rich and Regular, provide real-life inspiration to other couples and families on the journey to Financial Independence.

As marketing professionals, the Saunders used their income to aggressively eliminate their debt. Over the course of 5 years, they have been able to pay off more than $200,000 of consumer debt. More recently, they have paid off the mortgage on their home and they have added a new addition to the family, 11-month old Baby Bo. As lovers of life and travel, the Saunders are proof that the road to Financial Independence doesn’t have to absent from the simple pleasures of life.

In this episode we discuss:

  • How the Saunders started their FI journey
  • The Steps that they took to save money and eliminate debt
  • How visually mapping out their progress allowed them to stay focused on their financial goals
  • Why they made the decision to pay off their mortgage
  • How becoming parents has affected their FI journey
  • Their goals for achieving financial independence
  • How to manage workplace burnout with marriage and children and use it as motivation
  • The flexibility within achieving financial independence
  • The significance of still living a life you love while saving and preparing for the future
  • Implementing planning days to plan for savings and budgeting
  • The next steps for their blog, Rich and Regular

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to episode 43 of the Journey to Launch Podcast,

0:05.0

How to be Rich and Regular on your Financial Independent Journey.

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T-minus 10 seconds. Welcome to the Journey to Launch Podcast. journey. She helps brave journeys like you get out of debt, save, invest, and build real well.

0:27.0

Join her on the journey to launch to financial freedom in...

0:31.0

Five, four, three, three, two, four, three, three, freedom in five four three two one

0:37.0

a journeyers welcome back to another episode of the journey to launch podcast

0:46.0

We are at episode 43 and if you're listening to this in real time

0:52.1

So may second or this week whenever you If you're listening to this in real time,

0:52.5

so May 2nd or this week, whenever you catch up to it,

0:56.6

I am now a mom of three.

0:58.8

Don't worry, I'm not recording this in the hospital.

1:02.3

As I spoke to you guys last week in my solo

1:04.8

episode so if you have not listened to my solo episode yet go back

1:08.0

listen to the episode right before this episode 42 I talked about just how I planned to still have episodes coming out the month at least of May

1:18.0

while I was recovering and making necessary adjustments to being now a mom of three.

1:24.8

And so the intros and outchos are pre-recorded,

1:28.4

but again, the episodes are going to be awesome as usual.

1:32.4

So if this is your first time listening,

1:34.4

don't be alarmed. If you want more real-time like updates on what's going on in my life,

1:39.0

you maybe check out my social media. I don't know how often I'll be posting there for the month of May but you never

1:44.4

know so Instagram you can find me at Journey to Launch same thing as Twitter and Facebook also

1:50.5

remember the Facebook group is still active so go join that if you haven't yet.

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