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Life After Enough

Life After Enough

Life After Enough is a podcast about financial independence, early retirement, and the part nobody warns you about - what you actually do once work becomes optional.

If you’re chasing financial independence retire early (FIRE) and you’ve started wondering what’s on the other side of the number, this is the show for you.

I’m Nic. Corporate lawyer in Singapore, in the final stretch before I walk away. I hit my FIRE number a couple of years ago and I’m still here working the exit in real time, for reasons that have nothing to do with money. I’ve done the dramatic version before: quit, ran out of money, came back to law on purpose. So this time I’m leaving when I’ve built enough, not when I’ve had enough and you get all the messy details as it happens.

This isn’t another show about saving harder or retiring faster. It’s about what happens when the money problem is solved and the harder questions start. Who are you without your job? What doe

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51 episodes

  1. I Just Resigned to Retire Early. Here’s Exactly What I Said. 25:40
  2. I Just Quit Law to Retire Early at 41 (With No Plan for What’s Next) 20:41
  3. I Didn’t Wait for Early Retirement to Fix My Body. Here’s the Rescan. 19:33
  4. Early Retirement Won't Fix Your Head If You Can't Sleep 21:34
  5. What Happens When You Quit Drinking on the Way to Early Retirement 23:59
  6. Early Retirement Can't Undo 20 Years at a Desk 20:00
  7. Why Financial Independence Makes a Quiet Day at Work Unbearable 23:23
  8. The Early Retirement Cage You Build Yourself (I'm Doing It Right Now) 22:14
  9. What Will You Do All Day? Early Retirement's Most Annoying Question 25:15
  10. The Early Retirement Mistake You Can't Fix With Money 27:43
  11. I Can Retire Earlier Than Planned. It's Not Just My Call 18:11
  12. The FIRE Movement Has a Plus-One Problem 16:04
  13. Early Retirement Won't Destroy Your Friendships. Your Job Will. 21:18
  14. Retire Early and Lose 100 People in a Day 21:06
  15. The Brutal Truth About Retiring Early: You Arrive Alone 18:49
  16. Retiring Early in 11 Months. Am I Ready? 19:40
  17. Early Retirement: Are You Just Giving Up? 17:53
  18. Could You Be a Beginner Again? (Most High Earners Can't) 23:04
  19. I Hate My Job. So Why Can't I Quit? 18:05
  20. Retiring Early in 12 Months. Am I Ready? 17:09
  21. Golden Handcuffs: They Pay You Just Enough to Keep You 19:51
  22. Financial Independence - But You Can't Spend a Dollar 16:18
  23. Preparing for Life After Retirement: My Body's Not Ready 17:31
  24. I Said No to a $100K Promotion (Here's What Happened) 25:39
  25. The Salary Trap Nobody Warned You About 21:57
  26. What the Sunday Scaries Are Really Telling You 18:41
  27. $30K a Year Saves You $750K (Retire Early for Less) 24:37
  28. The Lie at The Heart of FIRE 22:42
  29. AI Is Replacing Your Job. Here's My FIRE Plan. 42:11
  30. The Perfectionism Trap That's Ruining Your Life 9:40
  31. Your Partner Doesn't Get FIRE (That's Not the Problem) 11:34
  32. You're Not Ready to Retire (Until You've Done These 5 Things) 22:01
  33. The Scarcity Mindset That Money Can't Fix 24:31
  34. Your Comfort Zone Is Shrinking Your Life 12:30
  35. FIRE Won't Solve Your Purpose Problem (Here's What Will) 22:29
  36. Coast FIRE: What Nobody Tells You About FIRE 19:38
  37. Quick Take - Your Friends Don't Need to Get FIRE 7:09
  38. Six-Figure Salary to Broke to FIRE (My Journey) 35:04
  39. One More Year: The Trap That Steals Decades From Smart People 20:52
  40. Quick Take- Why Your First $100K Is Brutal (But You've Got to Do It) 7:15
  41. Time Off Won’t Fix You (Here’s Why) 27:25
  42. Who Are You Without Your Job? (Identity After Enough) 30:53
  43. Freedom Files #1: He Quit Law, Retired Early and Cycled Into a New Life 33:27
  44. The Debt Episode Nobody Wants to Record (Shame, Silence, and Starting Over) 20:07
  45. Quick Take - The Cost of More 7:10
  46. The Number That Changes Everything: How to Know When You Actually Have "Enough" 25:14
  47. FIRE 101 - Freedom, Myths & Early Retirement 27:25
  48. Quick Take - The Day After the Sabbatical 7:07
  49. Enough Is Not the Finish Line: Why Hitting Your Number Won’t Save You 20:47
  50. Welcome to Life After Enough 4:34