Video Games & Social Security - Mailbag with Mr. Money Mustache | MHFI 320

Doug and Pete Adeney (Mr. Money Mustache) answer questions from the listener mailbag.  They discuss the benefits & timing of claiming Social Security and address criticism of prior comments about video games.  Pete also provides an update on recent lifestyle changes, including insight into his personal spending & annual expenses.

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Links

• Pete Adeney/Mr. Money Mustache
• The FI Collective
• Mr. Money Mustache, “The Ultimate Life Coach”
• Mr. Money Mustache, “The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Social Security”
• Best Interest blog, “When the ‘Shockingly Simple Math’ is…Shockingly Wrong”
• Jesse Cramer on MHFI episode 236
• MMM on Tim Ferriss (2017)
• Mr. Money Mustache, “Retired Man Tries to Spend More Money, Mostly Fails”
• MHFI Facebook group
• Doug’s site
• Check out Producer Chris’s blog: Epic Financial Journey

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0:00 Introduction

2:56 Question – MMM lifestyle changes

8:54 Question – Video games

15:52 Question – Social Security

21:54 Claiming benefits vs. taxes & tradeoffs

29:42 Question – MMM annual expenses

35:37 The FI Collective

38:55 Soundcheck – Humidity