meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Jesse Mecham Show

323 - How to Retire and Move to the Woods Fulltime

The Jesse Mecham Show

YNAB

Kids & Family, Education

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

An interview with Ms. Frugalwoods. (I LOVED this book!)

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hello, Wienabbers. My name is Jesse Meekham. This is podcast number 323 for

0:09.1

Wienab, where we teach you four rules to help you stop looking paycheck to

0:11.8

paycheck, get out of debt and

0:13.5

save more money and save more money they did. I'm talking about the now fairly

0:19.2

famous Miss Frugalwoods if you haven't checked out her blog Frugalwoods. If you haven't checked out her blog, Frugalwoods.com. This has been one of my favorite

0:27.4

interviews. One because they just had a baby and the baby interrupted the interview with sweet newborn noises, so I love that.

0:37.0

Second, Elizabeth, who is now no longer anonymous since she launched a book called Frugal Woods and it's doing very

0:46.0

well on Amazon. I just really encourage you to check it out. I will cut to the

0:50.4

interview in just a second. Just let me say this.

0:53.9

I read the book in a matter of a day and a half or so.

0:58.0

I just kept wanting to go back to the book.

1:00.0

And she gives her whole story of just well to ruin it for you how they end up having

1:06.4

purchased 60 acres in the woods of Vermont and their

1:15.0

live in life in life and they're living life and they kind of extricated themselves from the

1:19.9

rat race by being aggressive on the saving side.

1:23.0

What really, what I love most about the book and I marked it up like crazy,

1:28.0

just have tons of underlines and those underlined passages may very well inspire many podcasts to come.

1:33.6

Actually, next week's, I know for a fact, it will, because she said something quite provocative

1:39.2

and I loved it, so we'll discuss it next week.

1:42.3

Anyway, let me cut to the interview now this is me

1:45.4

interviewing the author of Frugal Woods a guide to living the simple life and this is the author Elizabeth Willard Thames.

1:54.0

Here we go.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from YNAB, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of YNAB and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.