304 | Mapping Out Your FI Number

<ul> <li>Jonathan checks back in with Corinne from the Households of FI series to look at her numbers, goals, and map out a FI plan.</li> <li>Financial independence is not about having the most money. In the pursuit of FI, the math is simple, but the math will change depending on your goals. It’s important to start with understanding what you want your ideal day to look like.</li> <li>Following Corinne’s last coaching session with Jillian, she learned how to build good habits and strategies to get closer to the goals she wants.</li> <li>One of the strategies she’s using is her phone to set reminders for the goals she wants to achieve. The reminders hold her accountable without her having to remember everything.</li> <li>Jonathan pointed out one of the great pieces of advice from the episode with Jillian was her advice to explore the goals you find yourself resisting giving even two minutes to. What is it in your subconscious that is sabotaging your goals?</li> <li>Corinne is on track to become a partner at her firm but that comes with a lot of expectations. In an exercise with Jillian, she was asked to write down what her ideal day would look like. to start, she’s been writing down which activities are energizing and which are draining. It has helped her to manufacture her day to be the kind of day that makes her want to get up and go to work in the morning.</li> <li>She discovering that she doesn’t have to work as many hours as everyone one else. She can balance it out, earning a little less money while being happier.</li> <li>We can make time to make each week more memorable and enjoyable when we spend less time on meanless activities.</li> <li>When you take what earn and subtract what you spend, what you are left with is the gap. When you live paycheck to paycheck, there is no gap.</li> <li>Corinne earns $120,000 a year as an accountant. She was in a five-year program where she got her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree that gave her enough requirements to take the CPA exam. Due to a scholarship, she graduated wit