From 30K in debt to Daily Podcast host with Diania Merriam

<p>In today’s episode, Jeff interviews Diania, producer of the EconoME Conference in Cincinnati. Diania is living the FIRE lifestyle and has gone from $30,000 in debt to front loading her retirement account. She is currently hosting (2) daily podcasts that covers all of her expenses and is producing a conference and YouTube series. </p> <p> </p> <p>Diania and Jeff discuss:</p> <p> </p> <ol><li style="font-weight:400;">Discovered at 28, that she had $30,000 in debt from living outside her means.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Had a goal to do the Camino de Santiago walk at age 30 and so she decided to get her finances in order. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">She found a blog called Mr. Money Mustache and some FIRE content creators whose financial advice had a different vibe than the traditional doom and gloom advice.  </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Having a mindset shift from seeing her debt as a problem to seeing it as an opportunity allowed her to get out of debt in 11 months. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Over a span of (3) years she received (3) 20% raises of which she saved and continued to live at the same income level before the raises.  </li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> Saving and investing 60% of her income got her to a point in the FIRE Movement called "Coast FI."</li> <li style="font-weight:400;"> She downshifted before reaching the full FI number and hit some milestones and options before retirement.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Currently Diania host (2) Daily Podcast that cover all of her expenses.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">She is also the producer of a conference called the EconoME conference; she started in 2018.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">She appreciates the FIRE movement for helping her define for herself how much money is enough.</li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Diania believes that there is a misconception about the FIRE movement and giving back to society after retirement. </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Her career before FIRE was in Brand extension and