<p>Brandon Ganch, aka The Mad Fientist, joins us to share how he&#8217;s trying to break some of the frugal habits that allowed him to retire at the age of 34.</p> <p data-start="353" data-end="456">He is one of the earliest analytical voices in the FI movement, known for treating FI as a systems problem.</p> <p data-start="549" data-end="670">He leverages his background in computer science, strong preference for systems thinking, experimentation, and automating FI decisions to bring unique perspectives and ways of thinking to the FI space.</p> <p data-start="673" data-end="776">Brandon retired extremely early, then realized he needed to redesign his post-FI life, not just his finances.</p> <p>Most people in the world can&#8217;t imagine training themselves to spend more money, but in this space, we totally get it.</p> <p>Brandon walks us through all the experiments he&#8217;s done around spending money to retrain how he thinks about spending decisions.</p> <p>He covers specific examples of how he is reframing things as well as the increased happiness he&#8217;s experiencing thanks to these purchases.</p> <p>Topics covered include:</p> <ul> <li>How to recalibrate your brain to determine which spending decisions are really worth your time based on net worth</li> <li>Setting aside &#8220;Cash Machines&#8221; for future purchases</li> <li>Running spending experiments and setting spending rules</li> <li>Breaking old psychological traps to overcome frugality</li> </ul> <p>And so much more.</p> <p>If you found the episode valuable, please share it with a friend!</p> <h2><b>Links from The Episode</b></h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://wealthmachines.co/">Wealth Machines (https://wealthmachines.co) </a>&#8211; Join as a beta tester before December 12th</li> <li><a href="https://www.madfientist.com/">Mad Fientist Website (https://madfientist.com)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.madfientist.com/podcast/">Financial Independence Podcast (https://www.madfientist.com/podcast/)</a></li> </ul> <h2><b>YouTube Interview</b></h2> <p>https://youtu.be/mrWl40q_K64</p> <h2><b>Join the Community</b></h2> <p>We’d love to hear your comments and questions about this week’s episode. Here are some of the best ways to stay in touch and get involved in The FI Show community!</p> <ol> <li><a href="https://thefishow.com/spreadsheet">Grab the Ultimate FI Spreadsheet</a></li> <li><a href="https://facebook.com/groups/445801582599670/">Join our Facebook Group</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/thefishow">Leave us a voicemail</a></li> <li>Send an email to contact [at] TheFIshow [dot] com</li> </ol> <p>If you like what you hear, <b>please subscribe and leave a rating/review</b>!</p> <p>&gt;&gt; <a href="https://thefishow.com/subscribe/">You can do that by clicking here</a> &lt;&lt;</p> <h2><strong>Learn More About Your Hosts</strong></h2> <p><a href="https://codydberman.com/">CodyDBerman.com</a> (Cody’s Blog)</p> <p><a href="https://saving-sherpa.com/">Saving-Sherpa</a> (Justin’s blog)</p>