451 | Mini-Retirements to Accelerate Your Path to FI | Jillian Johnsrud
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Brad Barrett | Choose FI Media
4.8 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2023
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In this episode: mini-retirements, building fun into your life, structuring and planning mini-retirements, negotiating, and gaining momentum.
When pursuing your FI goal, it can feel like you are on a set trajectory, and picking up new habits or hobbies can seem overwhelming because you don’t have the time to focus on them. However, you should never feel held back from starting something new! This week we are joined by Jillian Johnsrud to define and discuss the mini-retirement strategy, and how taking a break to recover, relax, and re-strategize can propel you towards your FI goals! Sometimes the thought of taking a break can seem scary, or even the thought of relaxing can be more stressful than it's meant to be. But, taking the time and space away from your usual structure can allow you the space and bandwidth to pursue other avenues that you are passionate about! While the thought of a mini-retirement can leave you feeling unstructured from your usual 9-5, it can usher in more time for hobbies, side hustles, or even new jobs! So, while your journey to FI may be filled with rules and guidelines set in place to help you reach your FI goal, remember that there is no harm in taking an active rest in order to restructure your goals and re-motivate you!
Jillian Johnsrud:
- Website: jillianjohnsrud.com
- Podcast: Everyday Courage
- Book: "Fire the Haters: Finding Courage to Create Online in a Critical World"
Timestamps:
- 0:59 - Introduction
- 3:34 - Building Fun Into Your Life
- 12:25 - The Purpose of Mini-Retirements
- 19:35 - Structuring A Mini Retirement And Avoiding Mistakes
- 28:25 - Gaining Momentum In A Mini-Retirement
- 37:17 - Mini-Retirement Negotiation
- 45:55 - Planning A Mini-Retirement
- 50:42 - Conclusion
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Choose a Phi. |
| 0:01.9 | Today on the show, we have our good friend, |
| 0:03.4 | Jillian Johns-Rude back. |
| 0:04.9 | And we're going to talk all things, many retirements. |
| 0:08.5 | Now, there's a whole lot to discuss here, |
| 0:10.9 | because this is a topic that is really top of mind |
| 0:13.8 | with a lot of people in the Phi community |
| 0:15.7 | who are thinking about how can they organize their lives |
| 0:19.0 | around things they value? |
| 0:20.3 | And how can they spend their time as they see fit |
| 0:23.1 | and not wish away the 10 or 15 years to Phi? |
| 0:27.1 | How can you rethink that? |
| 0:28.9 | How can you have other possibilities? |
| 0:30.8 | And Jillian is quite literally writing the book on this, |
| 0:34.1 | and she has a ton of information. |
| 0:36.9 | And this is just going to be a really free flowing conversation |
| 0:39.8 | about, like I said, all things, many retirements, |
| 0:42.0 | but also a lot into what Jillian's been up to in her own life. |
| 0:45.7 | And I think you're going to find this a really great interest. |
| 0:48.7 | So with that, welcome to Choose a Phi. |
| 0:51.0 | Jillian, welcome back to Choose a Phi. |
| 1:00.2 | It's always good to see you. |
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