Playing With Fire, The Story Behind the Film, with Scott Rieckens

2020-02-12

Have you ever thought about altering the entire course of your life? Of packing up, and leaving behind everything you know? How about filming a documentary about the entire experience? That’s exactly what Scott Rieckens did. Scott, along with his wife Taylor, are the subjects of a recently released documentary, titled Playing with FIRE. The film takes viewers along the journey that led Scott and his wife to give up their comfortable San Diego lifestyle in pursuit of financial independence. S...

Scott, along with his wife Taylor, are the subjects of a recently released documentary, titled Playing with FIRE. The film takes viewers along the journey that led Scott and his wife to give up their comfortable San Diego lifestyle in pursuit of financial independence. Scott joins me this week to share some of his story, and discuss what it was like to shoot a documentary.

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