What’s Up Next Podcast: Episode 19
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Paul Thompson and I are proud to release episode 19 of The What’s Up Next Podcast. This podcast is an exploration of financial independence and taking the conversation to the next level. The show features panel discussions with top influencers in the financial independence space. Guests weigh in on questions that don’t have clear answers to refine your path to FI.
Episode 19
Is there a connection between financial independence and physical fitness? We discuss this fascinating topic with Helene Massicotte, James Lowery, and Chris Mamula.
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Interesting guests and discussion on how personal finance and fitness share many simularities . It is not surprising to find that individuals that plan for their financial futures also plan for their health and fitness in the future. “Your money or your life” started the FI movement / “Younger next year” is in the same category for health and fitness…
The way I see it life is a balancing act of three things : HEALTH / TIME / MONEY.
HEALTH – if you are not healthy it will be difficult to fully enjoy your life.
TIME – we have a limited time to enjoy our lives – you can always make more money but you can’t make more time. It doesn’t matter how much money you have in the bank if you don’t have the time to use it.
MONEY – it takes money to live your life, and do the things you enjoy – without money your retirement years will be shorter and possibly not very enjoyable.
Health, time and money are inter-related , focus too much on one area and one or both of the other areas will suffer. The key is to find the balance that personal works best for you.
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Great episode. It’s so interesting how each person’s perspective plays out.
It’s also interesting that even though I whole heartedly agreed with their thoughts, I would have had different answers for many of the questions.
James hit it for a second but I wish the conversation would have elaborated on what could be the most integral connection between physical and fiscal health. Financial Independence requires a bit of will power. It’s very much a mental game in the beginning as is physical fitness. FI to many is just a number and reaching that number and fitness is also commonly seen as reaching a goal weight or physique. The truth is that it’s not at all about the goal but, like your panel said, making the life you love now the best it can be. Being physically fit, mentally fit, and emotionally fit lends itself to being financially fit. You’re mindset is to better every aspect of your life and once you have the knowledge of budgeting, saving, etc, it all just falls in to place. Because you already have that mindset.
Thank you all so much for a great episode and for opening up another aspect of the FI community.
Thanks for listening. The guests were really great and helped elucidate this complex connection.