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Podcast: The Financial Independence Show
Episode: Minimalism and Mini-Retirements | Melissa Neacato
Description: Today’s episode features Melissa Neacato from Traveling Wallet.
Twelve years ago, Melissa was a 21-year-old university student who got pregnant while completing her degree.
She finished the degree but also graduated with $46,000 in debt.
Then she went on to buy a new car, which added another $18,000 to her debt.
She eventually discovered minimalism and the personal finance community and pays off over $100K of debt in just 3 and 1/2 years.
In this episode we cover:
Minimalism
Mini-Retirements
Finding Your “Why”
Saving in a HCOL area
and so many mo...