From Corporate to Barista FI w/ Meghan Combs (Everyday FI Podcast) | Ep.103

About this episode

Meghan Combs shares her journey from a high-paying corporate job to working part-time as a barista while pursuing financial independence.

Meghan quit her high paying corporate tech job and downshifted to Barista FI and now works part time as an actual Barista in a coffee shop. She now has a less stressful job and has time to explore other hobbies like book writing and spending more time with her hubby. Meghan is the host of the awesome Everyday FI Podcast where she explores the lives of everyday people on their financial independence journey and she's based out in North Carolina, US. Things you’ll learn: About her part time Barista job Her FI Progress and Investing Strategy Household income with husband Savings rate after transitioning to Barista FI Net worth and portfolio split How she’s enjoying the journey now before getting to FI Where she heard about FIRE Career pivot from art historian to tech Art historian salary v her tech salary How she went from 55k to 150k in salary Being a couple on the FI journey How therapy was one of the best decisions for her Why and how she quit her high paying tech job Dealing with toxic bosses Writing a post on Linkedin about quitting Getting depressed after not working What she does now outside of part time work Perks of working in a coffee shop as a barista Quick-fire round…

People in this episode

Host: Greg

Guest: Meghan Combs

Topics covered

• Barista FI
• financial independence
• career pivot
• work-life balance
• investing strategy

Keywords

• Barista FI
• financial independence
• career change
• investing
• work-life balance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Everyday FI Podcast

Books & works: Linkedin

Places: North Carolina

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