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This is Optimal Finance Daily episode 425. This is how much you really need to be financially independent by Chris

writing of Chris writing.com and I am your host and narrator Dan

happy Friday the 13th to you.

Maybe this will be a little bit of a warm-up for Halloween,

which is, of course, just about two and a half weeks away.

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This is how much you really need to be financially independent

by Chris Reining of Chris Reining.com

A year ago I watched Fight Club.

So now I'm watching Fight Club again as a reminder of how much I've grown.

You see, last year I put down my 14 year old cat because he was suffering from congestive heart failure,

and then I quit a career that took 15 years to build and retired at 37, while everyone was telling

me I was nuts, then a four-year relationship

ended. All those things happened in three months and when huge changes are all

happening in three months it can feel pretty overwhelming. That's when you lay on the couch and watch Fight Club,

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