423 | What Are You Optimizing For? | Chris Hutchins
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Brad Barrett | Choose FI Media
4.8 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2023
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
In this episode: what sparks goals, what are you optimizing you, valuing your time, and money prioritization.
Sometimes on the journey to FI, we ask ourselves the following; do I really need to spend money on this? Do I really have the time and resources for that? These questions may be easy to dismiss by saying no in order to stay on track with your financial goals, but by dismissing them, you could be missing out on something that is beneficial to your personal journey! This week we are joined by friend of the podcast, Chris Hutchins, to talk about the hacks for optimizing your life, the differences between cheapness and frugality, and the importance of valuing your time and what it can lead to. Saving money is an important part of achieving FI, but you should never feel so restricted that you miss out on investing your time and money in things that bring joy and value into your life. While saving is important, it’s okay to spend money. Whether it’s on a trip or investing in something new, there are ways to make it work without feeling guilt or shame. Prioritizing and valuing your time can introduce new experiences and provide happiness as well as perspective while on this journey!
Chris Hutchins:
- Website: allthehacks.com
- Podcast: All The Hacks
Timestamps:
- 2:27 - Introductions
- 6:12 - Full Time Podcasting
- 11:44 - What Sparks Our Goals
- 18:35 - What Are You Optimizing For?
- 23:36 - Managing Your Own Money
- 31:28 - Money Prioritization
- 39:03 - Valuing Time
- 50:53 - Real Estate Investing And Complexity
- 58:23 - The Once A Year Review
- 65:28 - Prioritizing Health
- 75:23 - Conclusion
Resources Mentioned In Today’s Episode:
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- Die With Zero: Net Fulfillment Over Net Worth | All The Hacks
- Buy Back Your Time: Get Unstuck, Increase Productivity and Live the Life You Want | All The Hacks
- Playing With FIRE
- The Drive With Peter Attia
- Your Bold Move for 2023 | Dominick Quartuccio | ChooseFI Ep 419
- Top Ways to Make This Year Amazing and Seven Simple Questions for Your Annual Review | All The Hacks
- My First Million
- Using an Investing Checklist to Improve your Portfolio | All The Hacks
- Paprika
- Delete Me
- Kubera
- Fancy Hands
- Eat Healthy and Save Money with the Laura Barrett Cookbook
- The 1% Rule in Real Estate: Is This a Realistic Way to Evaluate Rentals?
- House FIRE | ChooseFI Ep 414
- Rocket Money
- Todoist
- Trustworthy
- Peter Attia DNS
- Huberman Lab Podcast
- Optimizing Your Health: Diagnostic Tests, Choosing a Doctor, Sleep, Longevity, Inflammation and More | All The Hacks
- Subscribe to The FI Weekly!
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- Keep learning or start a new side hustle with one of our educational courses
- Commission-Free Investing with M1 Finance
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Choose a Five today on the show we're trying something different actually. |
| 0:05.0 | I often have really in-depth conversations with my good buddy Chris Hutchins from all the hacks |
| 0:12.2 | and there are just these incredible flowing conversations of all the things we're up to. |
| 0:16.3 | This last one we actually had the idea to kind of stop and say, |
| 0:20.6 | oh, we should really record this. This would make for a good episode. |
| 0:24.4 | So let's just see what's going on in our lives. |
| 0:27.5 | We actually decided to post it on both of our podcast feeds. |
| 0:32.2 | So Chris's show all the hacks if you haven't listened to it. |
| 0:36.0 | It is genuinely one of my favorite podcasts. |
| 0:39.4 | I've actually texted him twice in the last month saying that two of his episodes were two absolute game changers for me. |
| 0:46.6 | I mentioned them in the episode but recently in December he had built Perkinson, |
| 0:51.3 | the author of Die with Zero and then he had the author Dan Martellon |
| 0:55.6 | and the combination of those two episodes just kind of hit me in a way that was really profound. |
| 1:00.9 | So I think you're going to get a lot out of this episode. |
| 1:03.1 | It really is just a conversation amongst friends. |
| 1:06.0 | But we dive deep. |
| 1:07.1 | We go into a lot of the things we're exploring, |
| 1:09.4 | a lot of the amazing hacks that Chris has found |
| 1:12.3 | and it never ceases to amaze me all the incredible things that he's just dug up somehow. |
| 1:17.0 | And I know I instantly need to try them myself |
| 1:20.0 | and I almost invariably come back and tell you the audience. |
| 1:22.5 | So it's nice to hear it directly from Chris. |
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