Welcome to episode 500 of the Afford Anything Podcast.

What you're about to hear was recorded live at a comedy club in Brooklyn,

in which we recorded the podcast in front of a sold-out crowd.

And when I say we, it was myself and the host of the Choose F. I.

podcast Brad Barrett who came all the way up to New York City from Richmond,

Virginia to celebrate episode 500 with the Afford Anything and Choose-Efai communities.

So I want to say hello and thank you to everybody who came and who joined us live in Brooklyn

and from people across the country and around the world who who reached out to say that while they couldn't make it they would be

there in spirit. It was an amazing night where we got to celebrate financial literacy. We got to come together as a financial independence

community because we are a community that is united by the ethos of being thoughtful about

how we spend our limited resources, making sure that we prioritize and focus on what matters.

We are a community that refuses to accept limiting beliefs or limiting ideas. We never say I can't afford it. We say how

can I afford it and we make the choices and the trade-offs that are necessary for pursuing the best versions of our lives in whichever way each of us

define it for ourselves.

You're going to hear me talk to Brad Barrett about what has changed and more importantly, what has not changed in the financial independence community as the world has morphed around us over the past several years as we've gone through a pandemic and dramatic

interest rate increase and inflation, what are the things that have changed and conversely, what are the things that have not? and

inflation what are the things that have not? What are the classic tried and true

universally time tested principles and values that have remained steadfast.

We discuss this and more.

Now we've broken up episode 500 into a two-part series. You're going to hear part one today and part two which is

audience Q&A you're going to hear on Friday. So enjoy this live recording of a sold out in-person podcast recording featuring the host of the

ChooseF5 podcast and my good friend Brad Barrett.

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