I cannot wait for you to hear today's interview because this is a fun one, but a few key announcements.

The first one being, as you can tell, if you've been listening to the podcast for some time now,

it's been over five years since I started posting these podcasts episodes every single week,

and I rely on you guys to tell me what resonates most.

You have told me the past month it has been awesome to hear these interviews,

and many of you have shared you already saw them on YouTube. It was nice to listen again. A lot of you have told me, hey, I really don't tune into YouTube. I prefer listening on the podcast app. It's easier for me while I drive, while I work out, whatever it is you like to do. So this is not going to stop. In fact, starting in March, I'm going to start to double up.

So for the month of February of 2026, if you're listening to this, this is going to be a month of more interviews because you guys have all shared how much they have resonated with you,

which is, once again, my ultimate goal to give you confidence to retire. And maybe you heard one thing that was a big takeaway, such as, wow, if I didn't have this superhero account, I couldn't have retired early. And boom, that prompted you to take action, so now you go get that superhero account. Or maybe it was someone explaining that they're paying $200 a month for health care before Medicare kicks in,

and you were thinking, wow, I couldn't retire because of health care, and now you're thinking very differently. So this is going to be a fun series. We're going to continue. I'm going to also

do separate episodes. So it will become a podcast that you'll get episodes twice a week. That's

going to start in March. So for the rest of

February, we are going to continue these interviews. A few other announcements, I have started a new

one page plan series. And what this is, is if you follow me on Instagram at early retirement

Ari or TikTok or on Facebook or YouTube. What I'm doing

is I'm doing a sample one page plan in less than three minutes. So if you were to tell me your

goals, such as I want to retire in three years, I have $1.2 million in my 401k, $200k in a

superhero account, and I want to spend $6,000 a month. Am I on track? I have $1.2 million in my 401k, 200k in a superhero account, and I want to spend

6,000 a month. Am I on track? I will then record an episode very short, three minutes or less,

because that's what the platform allows, and I give you my yes, you're on track or no,

you're not on track. And there's also a way for you to leave a voicemail. And so this is going

to be a fun series because what I'm going to be able to do is respond directly to you guys.

So if you want, you can, of course, email me and just put in the subject line, me, literally

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