WEBVTT - Enjoy being penny foolish

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>Good Morning, This is Laura.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Today's tip is to enjoy being penny foolish. If you've

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<v Speaker 2>got the big pieces of your financial life in good shape,

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<v Speaker 2>then there is no risk of you being penny wise

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<v Speaker 2>and pound foolish. You are pound wise.

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<v Speaker 3>So why not take advantage of that to feel a

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<v Speaker 3>little profligate on the small stuff? Just from time to time.

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<v Speaker 3>Longtime listeners have heard me talk about the importance of

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<v Speaker 3>getting the big things right for financial health. Buying or

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<v Speaker 3>renting less house than you could theoretically afford is one

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<v Speaker 3>way to create massive amounts of space in your budget.

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<v Speaker 3>The same goes for spending less on transportation. Perhaps you

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<v Speaker 3>decide to move to a lower cost of living area,

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<v Speaker 3>or you choose a district where you can send your

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<v Speaker 3>kids to excellent public schools for the cost of your taxes,

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<v Speaker 3>which you have to pay. Anyway, you've paid close attention

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<v Speaker 3>to your retirement account and you aren't paying exorbitant fees. Ideally,

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<v Speaker 3>most of it is in low cost index funds. If

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<v Speaker 3>you are doing all these things right, and the money

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<v Speaker 3>coming in is greater than the money going out. Then congratulations,

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<v Speaker 3>you are the opposite of that saying about being penny

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<v Speaker 3>wise and pound foolish. You are pound wise, so you

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<v Speaker 3>can probably be a bit penny foolish sometimes without it

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<v Speaker 3>being a problem. One of my favorite penny foolish things

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<v Speaker 3>to do is to buy red peppers instead of green

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<v Speaker 3>peppers in the grocery store. Red peppers are always more expensive,

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<v Speaker 3>so I am tempted to just go with the green ones,

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<v Speaker 3>which are generally fine, But then I realize I don't

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<v Speaker 3>necessarily have to buy the least expensive peppers. Then suddenly

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<v Speaker 3>I feel rich buying the red peppers for the price

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<v Speaker 3>of an extra dollar or so in the grocery store.

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<v Speaker 3>I have talked with various people about how they let

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<v Speaker 3>themselves be penny foolish from time to time. One person

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<v Speaker 3>decided it was okay to order dinner if her spouse

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<v Speaker 3>was out of town for several days. Another called an

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<v Speaker 3>uber rather than walk from the train in the rain.

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<v Speaker 3>Someone else told me he had bought that best seller

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<v Speaker 3>he was eyeing when it looked like the library hold

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<v Speaker 3>queue was going to take months. None of these were

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<v Speaker 3>per picularly huge expenses, but these were frugal people. Who

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<v Speaker 3>tended to try to make wise choices with both pounds

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<v Speaker 3>and pennies, so consciously choosing to make penny foolish decisions

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<v Speaker 3>felt very decadent, which can be kind of fun. One

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<v Speaker 3>of my favorite quotes is from Pablo Picasso, who said

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<v Speaker 3>I'd like to live as a poor man with lots

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<v Speaker 3>of money. The idea is that the poor man could

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<v Speaker 3>still be delighted by little things, the sorts of things

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<v Speaker 3>that a lot of money would let him easily do.

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<v Speaker 3>If you are a pound wise person, being occasionally penny

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<v Speaker 3>foolish is about the closest thing to approximating the sentiment

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<v Speaker 3>behind that quote. I know I feel that way buying

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<v Speaker 3>my red peppers. It's such a little treat. If the

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<v Speaker 3>big pieces are good, then it's probably fine. In the meantime,

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<v Speaker 3>this is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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<v Speaker 3>the most of our time.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh don't want again again again,