Founder of 'Catching Up to FI' Just Hit Financial Independence, Now What? | Bill Yount | 196

Описание: Don't miss this special 3-year anniversary of 'Catching Up to FI' as Bill marks the moment by doing something he's been helping everyone else do for years: officially 'coming out' as financially independent (FI)! It is hard to believe that the show has been around for 3 years, 196 episodes, 20k Facebook Community members, 1.4M audio downloads and 300k views on YouTube. Is this real?

Today we celebrate Bill’s journey from Episode #1: 'A Boat Named Yolo', to officially reaching FI, but feels more like the 'The Fog of FI'. During this interview, Jackie gets Bill to open up and vulnerably share details of his wake-up call at 50: burned out, sued, house-poor after a disastrous renovation and de-risking at the bottom of the Great Recession, and still living paycheck to paycheck despite a 'rich doctor' income. He walks through discovering FI via blogs and books, taking a full year to reclaim his money from private bankers and whole life policies (he's naming names!). Bill's real superpower was boosting his savings rate up to ~40% in his early 50s using Mr. Money Mustache's 'shockingly simple math' to accept a 10 to 15-year timeline.

Fast-forward to 60 and a retirement-readiness check with a flat-fee, advice-only planner: after three years of expense tracking in Monarch Money, a comprehensive plan, and stress-testing with risk-parity portfolios, Bill gets the verdict every late starter dreams of, 'you could retire tomorrow'— and feels weirdly flat. We also dig into the emotional side: the identity crisis of possibly leaving medicine, using newfound leverage to negotiate work on his own terms, the choice to glide out over several years instead of cliff-retiring, and the shift from building wealth to giving with warm hands, mentoring younger docs, and helping his adult sons lay foundations he never had.

We close with Bill's hard-earned advice:
➡️ Reverse-engineer your life from your tombstone
➡️ Focus on health span as fiercely as net worth
➡️ Stop over-identifying with your job or your number
➡️ Remember that for late starters, the real win is feeling less alone while you build a life you won't regret


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RESOURCES MENTIONED ON THE SHOW:

📄Bill's 'Letter of Gratitude' and 'Financial Life Policy Statement'
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Saving Our Retirement
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Bill's Financial Planner
Bryan Minogue CFP®, CFA (Kardinal Financial)
https://kardinalfinancial.com/


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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Coming out as FI and three-year anniversary of the podcast
2:00 Late-starter doctor, founder story
4:00 'Rich doctor' myths
7:00 Great Recession, house renovation, selling low, and missing the bull market
10:00 From YOLO to late-starter plan
13:00 Tracking expenses in Monarch, 25× math, and deciding to hire a flat-fee planner
16:00 The FI verdict: 100% success probability
19:00 Wake-up at 50: lawsuit trauma, burnout, no safety net, and using therapy to reset mindset
22:00 Timeline to FI
27:00 From salespeople and whole life to DIY
31:00 Finding 'one of the good guys': using AI
37:00 Why risk parity and flat-fee advice matter more than chasing max upside
43:00 Glide path, not cliff
49:00 Protection from: cognitive decline, spousal handoff, and avoiding elder-fraud disasters
55:00 Redefining retirement
1:02:00 Health span over net worth
1:07:00 Final advice to late starters

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