014. Liz’s $700 dinner, Maggie’s $17K medical expenses, and Andrew’s $18 on coffee – Mid-year expense review

by inside out money | Jul 23, 2023 | Andrew, Early Retirement, Greg, Lifestyle, Lizgetsloaded, Money, Psychology

Liz, Andrew, and Greg join this week’s podcast and share what we spent in the first half 2023. We discuss why we believe tracking expenses is essential to our financial health and the tools and methods we each use.  We then share our total spend, top spend...

013. Are we quitting travel hacking?

by inside out money | Jul 17, 2023 | Early Retirement, Greg, Lifestyle, Money

Greg joins this week’s podcast, where we share why travel hacking isn’t working for us and why we’ve decided to take a break and adjust our approach. We discuss why we got into travel hacking in the first place, how we earned 1.5 million points in 18 months, and...

012. Setting your kids up for financial success

by inside out money | Jul 10, 2023 | Andrew, Investing, Lifestyle, Money

Andrew joins this week’s podcast and we talk about what we’re each doing to set up our kids for financial success. The first step is teaching and educating your kids about money, and part of that is leading by example. We also discuss holding kids accountable to...

011. Die with Zero: 5 takeaways from the anti-frugal book

by inside out money | Jul 3, 2023 | Early Retirement, Investing, Lifestyle, Lizgetsloaded, Money, Psychology

Liz joins this week’s podcast and we discuss Bill Perkin’s book Die with Zero. We share our top takeaways and insights from Die with Zero as we talk about validating the decision to early retire, memory dividends, giving your kids money before you die versus...

010. Out of sight, out of mind spending

by inside out money | Jun 26, 2023 | Erica, Lifestyle, Money, Psychology

Erica joins this week’s podcast, discussing what we consider “out of sight out of mind” spending. Maggie feels strongly that if you’re not tracking your expenses, 100% of your spending is out of sight, out of mind. We discuss a few spending categories that may...

009. We bought a 2023 Tesla for $10K!? Yes, there’s a little more to the story!

by inside out money | Jun 19, 2023 | Early Retirement, Greg, Lifestyle, Money

Greg joins this week’s podcast, and we finally share why and how we bought a Tesla. We sold our 2016 Prius and bought a 2023 Tesla, and we were out of pocket about $10K! We share Greg’s new side hustle that gave us such an affordable upgrade path and what we...