Amy Minkley – What Is Your Enough?

<p><strong>BIO: </strong>The founder of FI Freedom Retreats, Amy Minkley’s, life changed when she discovered the Financial Independence movement in 2019.</p><p><strong>STORY:</strong> Amy was working in Bangkok, living an unhappy life of overworking and over-saving. This way of life gave her zero balance, and she was burning out. Ultimately, this led her to a new path that saw her quit her job in search of a more balanced life.</p><p><strong>LEARNING: </strong>Be clear about your values and spend on that and not what others value. Separate creating wealth from growing wealth.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><blockquote class="ql-align-center"><strong>“Knowing what your enough is allows you to grow the gap between your income and spending and then invest that gap.”</strong></blockquote><blockquote class="ql-align-center">Amy Minkley</blockquote><p>&nbsp;</p><h2>Guest profile</h2><p>The founder of <a href="https://www.fifreedomretreats.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FI Freedom Retreats</a>, Amy Minkley’s, life changed when she discovered the Financial Independence movement in 2019. After working in Asia for 18 years, she was burned out. In a frantic bid to save her sanity and relationship, a late-night online search led her to the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement. Armed with the knowledge of hundreds of FIRE blogs and podcasts, Amy gained a new sense of hope, overcame the “one more year” syndrome, and quit her job in Bangkok. In 2021, she moved to Bali to live her dream life and share the message of Financial Independence and purposeful living. She is now happily engaged to her Australian beloved and organizing transformational FI retreats.</p><h2>Worst investment ever</h2><p>When Amy worked in Bangkok, she was unhappy and ran on an old pattern of overworking and over-saving. She was saving 90% of her income and investing it all. This cycle saw Amy tell herself she needed to work one more year and save more. So she continued overworking herself into the ground, leaving her with no work-life bal