# 88. Test Driving Retirement by Slow Travel (w/ Not Your Ordinary Plan)

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Published: 2025-12-03T12:35:22+00:00
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## Resource

Nicole and Tylor are the awesome writers behind the Not Your Ordinary Plan blog, they are travel and FIRE movement enthusiasts which is what their blog is all about. They have been on their FI journey for a number of years paying off student loan debt initially then building up their nest egg whilst hitting a number of FI milestones on the way. They recently decided to take advantage of the flexibility that FI gives them and have embarked on a long term mini-retirement (or what their calling their retirement ‘test-drive’) by slow travelling around the world - currently around Asia - and have been dong so for over a year so far. Things you’ll learn: Where they are in the world on their current retirement test drive How they both met How they work as a team on the FI path How they paid of 90k of student loans in 2 years Their 8 year Financial Independence journey to date How their love for travel started Hitting Coast FI and taking 3 month sabbatical Achieving Lean FIRE The car accident that changed their lives Their FI number target and how far along they are Saving and investing strategy Annual expenses and salaries during investment period Getting there Masters Degrees Their why of FI Travel expenses Why they decided to go on retirement test-drive What they have done so far on retirement test-drive and plan after About their Not Your Ordinary Plan blog Quick-fire round questions at the end: Something they wished they done 10 years ago Their daily habits that helped them in life Their most important lesson in life Their book recommendations 1-2 small things listeners can do this week to get started Nicole & Tylor (Links): Blog: https://notyourordinaryplan.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notyourordinaryplan_/ Freedom Before FI Links: Free Guides: Download…

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