Can you retire by 40? Welcome to the FIRE movement

Everything you should know about the Financial Independence, Retire Early movement.

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In the very first episode of the Pocket Money podcast, we learn all about the FIRE movement (Financial Independence, Retire Early) in Australia and around the globe. Hosts Sally McMullen and Marc Terrano welcome Matt, aka the Aussie Firebug, a 29-year old Australian blogger and podcaster for a thought-provoking discussion on financial independence.

We also discuss what FIRE is, how early retirement can be achieved, the mindset and discipline that brings this growing Internet-based community together and what everyday people can do in order to optimise their lives towards financial independence.

Learn more about Matt at Aussie Firebug.

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The Pocket Money podcast is intended to provide you with tips tools and strategies that will help you make better decisions. Although we’re licensed and authorised, we don’t provide financial advice. So please consider your own situation, or get advice, before making any decisions based on anything in our show. Thanks for listening!

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Pocket Money is hosted by Marc Terrano and Sally McMullen. The show is produced by Franko Ali, Joel Rennie and Ankita Shetty. Editing and theme music from Brianna Ansaldo of Bamby Media.

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Sally McMullen was a creative content producer at Finder. Sally wrote about credit cards for almost 5 years, authoring almost 900 articles on Finder alone. She has also been published in Yahoo Finance, Dynamic Business, Financy and Mamamia, as well as Music Feeds and Rolling Stone. Sally has a Bachelor of Communication and Media Studies majoring in Journalism (Hons) from the University of Wollongong. See full bio

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