S1: Hello and welcome back to It All Adds Up the
S1: podcast where we chat about money, how to get it,
S1: how to save it and how to invest it. I'm
S1: Jess Irvine, a senior economics writer at the Sydney Morning
S1: Herald and The Age newspapers.
S2: And I'm Don Powell, money editor at those very same papers.
S2: We hope you all had a lovely break and enjoyed
S2: our summer series Re Heat of the best hits from
S2: our first season. We're back and raring to go, but
S2: we've decided to kick off 2023 with something a little different.
S1: Yeah, that's right. With the cost of living crisis really
S1: biting now. We've decided that we want to talk to you,
S1: our listeners, about how you are coping. Do you have
S1: a budget? Do you know how much you're spending? Dom
S1: Do you know how much you're spending?
S2: No, no, not at all.
S1: That does not surprise me. For some reason I definitely
S1: know how much I'm spending because I write down every
S1: single dollar and highlight it. But I thought we could
S1: actually start this series by calling you across the coals
S1: and seeing if you know where your money's going. Are
S1: you up for it?
S2: Look, I think for the good of the listeners, for
S2: the good of the pod, I'll do it.
S1: You'll expose your finances.
S2: I will expose my finances. But for everyone else, we're
S2: here to help. And we're setting the call out for
S2: you to send us your numbers. They don't have to
S2: be in a fancy spreadsheet like Jess's. They can be
S2: completely unorganized like mine. And in return, we'll take a look,
S2: and we can see if we can find you some
S2: obvious ways to save some cash or achieve a financial
S2: goal or two.
S1: Yeah. You can think of us as your friends down
S1: the pub having a chat, you know, to help you
S1: get to grips with this tricky subject of money and
S1: hopefully put you on a better path to make some
S1: good money decisions in 2023.
S2: Can we actually go to the pub?
S1: Yeah, Dom, if you're buying.
S2: All right, maybe not then. But anyway, this is where
S2: we want you to get involved. Whether you're a spreadsheet
S2: wizard or have no clue at all where you're at.
S2: We'd love you to get in touch. You can email
S2: us at it all. Adds up at 9:00 pm to
S2: you with your name and contact details and a little
S2: bit about you, such as where you live and how
S2: much you think you spend.
S1: Yeah, we personally monitor that email inbox, so if you
S1: do email us a promise that one of us will
S1: be back in touch with you. We'll be dropping our
S1: episodes in this new series from next week, so do
S1: stay tuned.
S2: And I can't wait to be grilled live on air.
S2: So I'll see you then.
S1: Yeah, I can't wait to grill you on it. See
S1: you all then.