1666: Your Budget is Like a Leaking Ship by Jacob Lund Fisker of Early Retirement Extreme on Debt & Investing Success

Jacob Lund Fisker of Early Retirement Extreme compares American consumption to a wooden ship.

Episode 1666: Your Budget is Like a Leaking Ship by Jacob Lund Fisker of Early Retirement Extreme on Debt & Investing Success

Jacob Lund Fisker was a nuclear astrophysicist who retired at 33 with what he believes to be enough savings to last the rest of his life — even if he never works again. His “claim to fame” is the Early Retirement Extreme site, which is effectively a philosophy of life. ERE is a set of values and principles that gives readers the freedom and opportunity to live an exciting and interesting life.

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Diania Merriam is the founder of The EconoMe Conference, an event centered around financial independence. After getting out of $30K of debt in 11 months, she used her newfound financial freedom to walk 500 miles across northern Spain on the Camino de Santiago. Diania saves 60% of her income and is on track to be financially independent by the time she’s 40 years old. She’s passionate about personal finance and thrilled to be the new host of Optimal Finance Daily. When she’s not working, you can find her cooking and hiking with her best friend, an 80 lb German Shepard Lab mix named Buddy.