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Aussie Firebug: Matt's journey to Financial Independence

Australian Finance Podcast
Australian Finance Podcast
Episode • Oct 7, 2021 • 56m

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate & Owen are joined by Matt, from the popular blog, Aussie Firebug, where he share his journey to financial independence in Australia.


Matt shares his experience with money growing up, his main motivations to reaching FIRE, how he calculated his investment goals and how his FIRE investment strategy has evolved over time, combining incomes with his partner, common myths about the FIRE movement and shares heaps of resources (which are linked in the show notes).


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Date recorded: October 6th 2021