{"id":261,"date":"2025-10-29T03:39:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T03:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmoneymaps.com\/?p=261"},"modified":"2025-10-29T03:39:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T03:39:11","slug":"extreme-personal-finance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmoneymaps.com\/?p=261","title":{"rendered":"Extreme Personal Finance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/78853293?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=229388\" width=\"1280\" height=\"768\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>My wife and I used the values, principles, and even practices of XP to become financially independent on 1 April 2008. That means that for the past five years, our finances have not got in the way of doing the work that we love to do. I\u2019ll tell you the story of how we reached this point. 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