Our guest on the podcast today is author and blogger JL Collins. He blogs about financial independence and other matters at jlcollinsnh.com. JL’s first book, The Simple Path to Wealth: Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life, was published in 2016 and has become something of a bible for people in the financial independence movement. His new book is called Pathfinders: Extraordinary Stories of People Like You on the Quest for Financial Independence.BackgroundBioJlcollinsnh.com“JL Collins: The Case for Simplicity,” The Long View podcast, Morningstar.com, April 5, 2022.Pathfinders: Extraordinary Stories of People Like You on the Quest for Financial Independence—And How to Join Them, by JL CollinsThe Simple Path to Wealth: Your Road Map to Financial Independence and a Rich, Free Life, by JL CollinsSaving, Spending, and Lifestyle CreepLifestyle Creep: What It Is, How It Works“How ‘Geographic Arbitrage’ Can Make You Money,” by Eric Reed, smartasset.com, May 30, 2023.“Why Your House Is a Terrible Investment,” by JL Collins, jlcollinsnh.com, Sept. 22, 2023.“Higher for Longer vs. the Stock Market,” by Ben Carlson, awealthofcommonsense.com, Oct. 3, 2023.Investing“Things Important, and Unimportant,” by JL Collins, jlcollinsnh.com, March 1, 2023.“Stocks—Part XXX: jcollinsnh vs. Vanguard,” by JL Collins, jlcollinsnh.com, Sept. 16, 2023.OtherFI ChautauquaMr. Money MustacheThe Richest Man in Babylon, by George S. ClasonA Wealth of Common SenseQuit Like a Millionaire, by Kristy Shen and Bryce LeungMad Fientist