
The Beginning
03/08/21 • 25 min
Welcome to the brand new Financial Independence UK podcast!
Join your hosts Alex and Tom as they make their first UK focussed episode on life in the UK and how they are going about achieving FI.
Both Alex and Tom are young, motivated individuals in their 20s with a keen interest in personal finance and the positive effects it can have on your life. Financial Independence is a movement that was born in the US, and is centered around budgeting, saving and investing enough so that it becomes possible to fund your lifestyle from returns on your invested assets alone.
In this episode, our hosts introduce themselves and discuss how they plan on achieving FI, what they do to make it easier for them and why they wanted to start a podcast.
This will be the first episode of many, so stay tuned to continue gaining a useful insight into the benefits of and tactics for achieving Financial Independence in the UK.
Piano music for intro and outro licensing:
Heroic Reception by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3871-heroic-reception
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Ecossaise in E-flat (WoO 86) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3700-ecossaise-in-e-flat-woo-86-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Welcome to the brand new Financial Independence UK podcast!
Join your hosts Alex and Tom as they make their first UK focussed episode on life in the UK and how they are going about achieving FI.
Both Alex and Tom are young, motivated individuals in their 20s with a keen interest in personal finance and the positive effects it can have on your life. Financial Independence is a movement that was born in the US, and is centered around budgeting, saving and investing enough so that it becomes possible to fund your lifestyle from returns on your invested assets alone.
In this episode, our hosts introduce themselves and discuss how they plan on achieving FI, what they do to make it easier for them and why they wanted to start a podcast.
This will be the first episode of many, so stay tuned to continue gaining a useful insight into the benefits of and tactics for achieving Financial Independence in the UK.
Piano music for intro and outro licensing:
Heroic Reception by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3871-heroic-reception
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Ecossaise in E-flat (WoO 86) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3700-ecossaise-in-e-flat-woo-86-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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The What and Why of FI
Welcome to the Financial Independence UK podcast!
Join your hosts Alex and Tom as they talk about life in the UK and how they are going about achieving FI.
In this episode we introduce Alex and discuss how far we are away from FI in order to provide a sense of scale. We talk about the motivation for pursuing FI, how it can help us in our normal lives and what strategies we are using to achieve financial freedom,
We also talk about how mental, physical and financial health can affect our journey.
As always, if you have any questions for the team, feel free to email us at [email protected]
Piano music for intro and outro licensing:
Heroic Reception by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3871-heroic-reception
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Ecossaise in E-flat (WoO 86) by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3700-ecossaise-in-e-flat-woo-86-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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