3211: Stranger In A Strange Land by Jacob Lund Fisker on Embracing Frugality Early to Gain Financial Freedom

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🗓️ 13 July 2025

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3211: Jacob Lund Fisker dismantles the traditional life script of debt-fueled consumption and lifelong employment, exposing how it traps individuals in a cycle of dependency. He proposes a radically different path, front-loading effort, and embracing frugality early, to gain the freedom and flexibility to explore life on your own terms. Read along with the original article(s) here: http://earlyretirementextreme.com/stranger-in-a-strange-land.html Quotes to ponder: "If you have debt, you are not a free person. You are explicitly owned by your debt and implicitly owned by the creditor." "Your twenties is a good time to make sacrifices. Most likely, this will be the healthiest time of your life." "Now is the time to explore things that are meaningful to you. Travel. Work in another country. Try a different career." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.7	Hey, it's Justin from Optimal Living Daily.
0:31.4	Before we start, I want to share a super powerful practice I use called NSDR, or non-sleep, deep rest. In just about 10 minutes or so, this
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0:53.3	Daily. This is Optimal Living Daily.
0:57.5	This is Optimal Finance Daily.
1:04.0	Stranger in a Strange Land by Jacob Lundfisker of Early Retirement Extreme.com.
1:06.5	Get a student loan.
1:08.1	Get a college education.
1:10.7	Get a mortgage and become a homeowner. Have a career. Put 15% of your
1:13.8	income in a 401k or IRA for 35 years. Plan to retire at 60. Any of this sound familiar? That's because it's the
1:23.2	standard recipe for a successful life in middle class America. It's designed to maximize your
1:29.5	consumption at the earliest time possible through the use of debt, as well as maximizing the
1:35.5	number of years you need to spend on the job market. Happy joy. Depending on your affinity for
1:41.9	bling, bling and living it up, being in debt and working
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