Welcome to episode 500 Part 2. We recorded this live in front of a sold-out crowd in Brooklyn.

And what you are about to hear coming up ahead are questions, Q&A that we took from the audience live on stage at a comedy club in Brooklyn.

Welcome to the Afford Anything Podcast. You can afford anything but not everything.

Every choice carries a trade-off. This is a show about

optimizing your limited resources including your money, time, focus, and attention.

I'm your host, Paula Pant, I trained in Economic Reporting at Columbia University and I'm here to help you focus on what

matters. Now what you're about to hear is episode 500 part 2 we aired part 1 just the other day have a listen to part 1 if you haven't heard it yet what you're about to hear in this episode is part 2 of episode 500 featuring special guest Brad Barrett host of the Choose FI podcast.

Now for those of you who may be tuning in for the first time, Choose FI stands for

Choose Financial Independence, which is the point at which you have sufficient

investments such that work becomes optional.

And the thing about FI is the journey to FI, the pursuit of F I is a

is a path that will improve your life

regardless of whether or not you actually reach F I

or I should say regardless of how long it takes you to reach it because a dedicated pursuit over a long enough time span

barring any type of Black Swan calamity is likely to lead to F. I. In any event, in this upcoming episode, myself and Brad Barrett,

the host of the Choose F I podcast, take live audience questions. This is the second part of our special episode 500

two-part series. Enjoy. Let's open it up to you all.

Hello everyone.

So we have an appointment tomorrow at 10 a.m.

at the city clerk's office to get married.

Oh, congratulations. So this is our. to get married. Congratulations!

So this is our Bachelorette.

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