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The Nomad on FIRE Podcast | Mr. Nomad Numbers | of Nomad Numbers | Episode #21 Shownotes
Guest Bio:
Mr. Nomad Numbers and his wife sold most of their possessions, moved out of San Francisco, and quit their well paid & comfortable jobs to slow travel the world… indefinitely. They’ve learned a lot about what it takes to design a life that was true to themselves (and not to what society told them) so they started their blog NomadNumbers.com to inspire others to do the same and achieve their ideal lifestyle.
Mr. Nomad Numbers graduated from school in 2005, moved to the United States in 2008 where he met his wife and retired from his 9-5 in as soon as he realized that you can design the life of your dreams way before reaching regular retirement age.
In less than 2 years, they have slow traveled to more than a dozen countries and visited more than 25 amazing locations (like Koh Lanta). When they don’t explore they love to connect with like-minded people to share their best strategies about finance, health, or even relationship.
In this episode, Mr. Nomad Numbers talks about how he got involved in the FIRE Movement financial independence lifestyle, the strategies that he has learned along the way to balance finances, his relationship, their life goals, their health, and how to build and strengthen a community of like-minded people along the way.
Links Mentioned:
FIRE related resources:
- Mr. Money Mustache: MrMoneyMustache.com
- Mad Fientist Podcast: madfientist.com/podcast
- JL Collins – The Stocks Series + The Simple Path to Wealth Book
- Millennial Revolution: https://www.millennial-revolution.com/
- Go Curry Cracker: https://www.gocurrycracker.com/
- The first website that led them to the FIRE movement was Retire Early Lifestyle: https://retireearlylifestyle.com/)
Other resources:
- Wait But Why: waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html
- Monk chat in Chiang Mai: http://www.mrlearnning.com/
Some useful articles from Mr. & Mrs. Nomad Numbers’ blog:
- Their origin story – https://www.nomadnumbers.com/our-life-journey/
- Their nomadic interview series where I was interviewed along with a dozen+ nomads: https://www.nomadnumbers.com/category/interviews
- Nomad Numbers COVID-19 Info
Show Notes:
- Mr. Nomad Numbers welcome to the podcast. 00:30
- Mr. NN shares his background 01:26
- The FIRE Movement and pursuing financial independence. 02:28
- Mr. NN discusses his investment strategy 03:22
- Mr. NN explains the transition of leaving his job and the why behind it 05:13
- Mrs. Nomad Numbers transition into the slow travel lifestyle 10:35
- Advice for partners traveling together 11:55
- How do financial independence and a slow-travel lifestyle combine and provide benefits? 14:35
- He discusses his strategy for picking a place to travel 19:13
- Mr. Nomad Numbers discusses being nomadic during the COVID-19 pandemic 24:00
- Finding a like-minded community while traveling 30:08
- Balancing between returning to places vs. seeing new areas? 33:10
- New Positive Habit 35:10
- A perfect day for Mr. NN 36:50
- What does nomadnumbers.com provide its visitors? 38:20
- Connect with Mr. Nomad Numbers 39:20
- https://www.nomadnumbers.com (& consider signing up for their newsletter to receive exclusive content: https://www.nomadnumbers.com/newsletter)
- https://www.instagram.com/nomadnumbers
- https://twitter.com/nomadnumbers
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ1gf75ylYd58KxqVI4ROVw
Significant quotes:
- “The big adjustment for us was to go from being in the regular 9am-5pm. So, seeing each other maybe 2-3 hours max a day during the week days and a bit more during the weekends to 24-7.” 11:57
- “We’re trying to recreate that sense of missing each other so that we just can have more of those spontaneous types of things we like to do for each other.” 16:11
- “Each year we like to review the year, and the relationship is one of the things we review. We review our finances, our health, our relationship, and what we want to do with our life.” 16:42
Connect with Eric and Nomad on FIRE!
- Website: https://nomadonfire.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ericthenomadonFIRE/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomadonfire/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/nomad_onFIRE
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Mr. Nomad Numbers says
Thank you Eric for giving me the opportunity to record this episode with you. This bring back the good memories of our wonderful time in Bali earlier this year. I am looking forward to meeting up again once travel can resume for you and the others nomads out there. Cheers!