Paula Pant: A Different Path to Financial Independence

<p>Our guest on the podcast today is Paula Pant, host of the popular <i>Afford Anything</i> podcast. She is also the founder of affordanything.com, a personal finance website. Paula is a frequent public speaker and is a leading voice in the “Financial Independence, Retire Early” movement, better known as FIRE. She is a graduate of the Honors Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Background</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulapant/" target="_blank">Bio</a></p><p><a href="https://affordanything.com/" target="_blank">Afford Anything</a></p><p><a href="https://affordanything.com/podcast/" target="_blank"><i>Afford Anything</i> podcast</a></p><p><strong>FIRE</strong></p><p>“<a href="https://affordanything.com/without-fi-there-is-no-fire/" target="_blank">Why the FIRE Movement Is Misunderstood</a>,” by Paula Pant, affordanything.com, Oct. 17, 2018.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Millionaire-Next-Door-Surprising-Americas/dp/1589795474/ref=sr_1_1?crid=OAHL5C3YZW4N&keywords=the+millionaire+next+door+book&qid=1642196007&s=books&sprefix=The+Millio%2Cstripbooks%2C115&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><i>The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America’s Wealthy</i></a>, by Thomas Stanley and William Danko</p><p>“<a href="https://www.morningstar.com/articles/986950/tanja-hester-the-pandemic-will-stoke-interest-in-early-retirement" target="_blank">Tanja Hester: The Pandemic Will Stoke Interest in Early Retirement</a>,” <i>The Long View</i> podcast, Morningstar.com, June 3, 2020.</p><p>“<a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/great-resignation-60-minutes-2022-01-10/" target="_blank">The Great Resignation: Why More Americans Are Quitting Their Jobs Than Ever Before</a>,” by Bill Whitaker, cbsnews.com, Jan. 9, 2022.</p><p>“<a href="https://affordanything.com/356-ask-paula-fire-vs-fomo-how-do-you-balance-between-these/" target="_blank">Ask Paula: FIRE Vs. FOMO—How Do You Balance Between These?</a>” <i>Afford Anything</i> podcast, affordanything.com, Jan.