Welcome to the Bigger Pockets Money Podcast where we interview Pete Adany from Mr. Money Mustache and talk about life after financial independence.

Spending less money is not deprivation, it's a skill. It's just like lifting more weight or being able to run further or whatever.

So you don't say like, oh, you know, Marathon Run is how do you cope with having to run 26 miles in the race of length?

Can't you run less? And it's the opposite. It's like, no, I'm good at running, so that's how much I choose to run.

Well, when you get good at spending, efficiently, you get more for your money, like more fun.

You know, you might have a way to get here, you know, through connections or like Craigslist.

Hello, hello, hello, my name is Mindy Jensen and with me as always is my unable to grow a real mustache co-host, Scott Tregg.

Ouch Mindy, I think I'm gonna double to come up with a good response to that one.

Oh, that was good!

Scott and I are here to make financial independence less scary, less just for somebody else.

To introduce you to every money story because we truly believe financial freedom is attainable for everyone, no matter when or where you're starting.

That's right, whether you want to retire early and travel the world, going to make big time investments in assets like real estate, start your own business, or learn about what life after financial independence looks like.

We'll help you reach your financial goals and get money out of the way so you can launch yourself towards your dreams.

Scott, we are bringing back Mr. Money Mustache.

He joined us all the way back on episode number one and we are gonna talk to him today about what his life looks like after he reached financial independence and retired because I think there's not enough conversation surrounding this.

There's all sorts of conversations talking about the journey to financial independence, but there's not a lot of people describing what it's like to be retired.

Yeah, I think that's true and it seems hard sometimes to find folks who are truly living the fire lifestyle.

Even after all this time, all the stuff we talked about with Mr. Money Mustache is one of the original folks to have accomplished this.

He's a pioneer with a slot leadership and he's a personal inspiration.

So way back in 2013, 2014, when I was starting my career in journey, I was very heavily influenced by two websites, platforms, right? Mr. Money Mustache.com and biggerpockets.com.

So my philosophy still to this day is really a hybrid of those two approaches to Money Mustache.com.

So I think that's the most important thing to do today and then the concept of real estate investing and that's a big part of my life in my portfolio.

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