Trying for FI
Sharing stories and strategies from the daily grind toward our financial independence. We are a Queer blended family of five living in the Bay Area and are "late starters" dedicated to Trying for FI!
Podcasting since 2025 • 20 episodes
Trying for FI
Latest Episodes
Deepen Your Financial-Emotional Intelligence: Understand What Money Really Means to You
**Activity guide sheet in our Resource Doc!**This week, we’re bringing a new lens to the podcast: financial therapy. Ra...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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28:30
Stronger Together: How 4 Financial Calamities Deepened Our Financial Intimacy on the Way to Coast Fi
In this episode, we reflect on four major financial “calamities” that hit our family between 2022 and now — and how those moments shaped our growth, resilience, and intimacy as financial partners.While none of these events left us...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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22:09
Slower Meals, More Field Trips: Coast FI Dreams from the Daily Grind
What would your life look like if you hit Coast FI tomorrow? In this light, personal episode, we let ourselves dream a little—and reflect on how our day-to-day lives might shift if we no longer had to save for the future.We revisi...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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11:56
We Used ChatGPT to Analyze 47 Retirement Funds—Here’s What We Found
In this episode, we pick up where we left off on our Coast FI path—and dive into the real-life, real-time process of choosing 403(b) (or 401(k)) funds that match our values, fees, and family cash flow.We talk about: • Why...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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18:58
What Is Coast FI? Is It the Right FIRE Milestone for Your Family Too?
In this episode, part of our What Is Wealth? series, we explore a game-changing concept in the FIRE world: Coast FI — and how discovering it completely shifted our financial goals.Coast FI is the idea that if you save eno...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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15:13