28. Hayley B.

What would a dead person do with their investments? Nothing.

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Welcome to EverydayFI, the show that explores the lives and stories of everyday people in the financial independence community. In this episode I had the amazing pleasure of chatting with my newfound friend Hayley, an economist and former Peace Corps volunteer. We talk about a LOT in this show, including:

• Hayley’s journey of being a foster parent

• How her parents bought their southern California home in the 70s for $28,000 and it’s now worth over $1M

• Her decision to join the Peace Corps and the parallels between this and how many are called to the FI movement

• Her boring portfolio strategy and how perfect should never be the enemy of good

• My rant on capitalism (lol)

• How as an economist Hayley thinks about the disconnect between the economy being “good” but people feeling strapped for cash

• And her own idea about a finance podcast for teens and young adults

Tune in for this incredibly rich episode.

Episode Links:

• Child and Family Services, D.C. (CFSA)

• Peace Corps

• Ramit Sethi

• Suze Orman

• PBS: The Retirement Gamble

• The Bogleheads

• Mr. Money Mustache

• The Efficient Frontier

• Fidelity study on the best stock market performers

• Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez

• Bookfinder.com

• Econome Conference

• ChooseFI podcast

• Earn & Invest podcast

• Bogleheads Conference

• The How of Happiness by Sonia Lyubomirsky

• Dr. Laurie Santos

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