Money: What life do you want?

Hi,

I hope your 2022 has been better than 2021 so far.

For the last few months I've been going down the Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) rabbit hole.

Money for the most part is about options.

If you have the opportunity to it's worth finding out what you can. I hope in time schools will provide financial education which will compound in time.

Some podcasts I've been listening to are:

Ramit Sethi "I Will Teach You to Be Rich"

YouTube channels:

Have you been learning more around money? What are your favourite podcasts or YouTube channels?

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