WEBVTT - Am I Being Too Rigid With Money? Plus, Dollar-Cost Averaging Tactics

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<v Speaker 3>She's on the Money. Hello, my friends, and welcome to

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<v Speaker 3>Victoria Devine and joining me this week. Is the winsome

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<v Speaker 3>Miss Jessgariici with our community's best money wins and of course,

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<v Speaker 3>my friends. We're also going to be covering some juicy

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<v Speaker 4>This week.

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<v Speaker 3>One community member slid into our DMS with I would

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<v Speaker 3>say a concern about couple's money values, while another leftist

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<v Speaker 3>of voicemail devoted to dollar cost averaging are the best

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<v Speaker 3>even help other listeners just like you work through their

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<v Speaker 3>money woes. Now, wouldn't you know what, my friends? It

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<v Speaker 3>is for our five star review? Are you strapped in?

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<v Speaker 3>Are you ready?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely? The five star review time is where we get

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<v Speaker 3>to hear from our lovely listeners about the ways that

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<v Speaker 3>they are finding financial independence and confidence with a little

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<v Speaker 3>help from us and the show. This one comes from

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<v Speaker 3>a friend called Amy, who says, hey, guys, I am

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<v Speaker 3>sure you get a million messages like these, arguably not

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<v Speaker 3>a million week. We would like more, but I just

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<v Speaker 3>wanted to say thank you so much for the advice

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<v Speaker 3>you have given. I was going through some money problems

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<v Speaker 3>recently caused by my own reckless spending and seriously considered

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<v Speaker 3>taking out a personal loan as I was too embarrassed

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<v Speaker 3>to ask for help, But in the process of applying

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<v Speaker 3>for it, there was a little voice in the back

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<v Speaker 3>of my head that sounded suspiciously like you guys, telling

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<v Speaker 3>me to check out other options first. Luckily, I am

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<v Speaker 3>extremely fortunate and was able to get my parents to

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<v Speaker 3>reduce my board for a couple of months while I

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<v Speaker 3>sought my stuff out. It was definitely the wake up

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<v Speaker 3>call that I needed, and I cannot thank you guys

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<v Speaker 3>enough for playing a part in it. Oh idea that

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<v Speaker 3>we're like the little sound on your shoulder like don't

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<v Speaker 3>do this, yes, like the fairly odd parents like, which

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<v Speaker 3>is like a bit how you go in fairies be

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<v Speaker 3>like don't do that.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, Oh that's gorgeous, because.

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<v Speaker 3>It really is a slippery slope. So I'm really glad

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<v Speaker 3>that you didn't. Proud of you and thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 3>I love that Amy. It sounds like our voices are

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<v Speaker 3>maybe living a little bit rent free in your head,

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<v Speaker 3>or maybe we should start paying you bored. We are

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<v Speaker 3>so proud of you exploring your options and honestly finding

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<v Speaker 3>a way out, because there's always another option. If we've

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<v Speaker 3>taught you anything interesting about your finances or how to

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<v Speaker 3>on the Money on Apple, podcast, Spotify, or honestly, wherever

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<v Speaker 3>you tune in. We take them in our dms. I

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<v Speaker 3>take them in my DMS. I will take carry a

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<v Speaker 3>pigeon literally anything. All right, jessic Ricci, are you buckled in?

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<v Speaker 3>And are you ready? I am a question of the

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<v Speaker 3>week time and this one might call for a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit of ar capella. Okay, Sue wants to know what's

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<v Speaker 3>your karaoke song and do you have matching dance moves?

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<v Speaker 5>My goodness, I fear I avoid karaoke like it's my

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<v Speaker 5>I don't think I've been.

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<v Speaker 3>Usual adult life, really, I just feel like you're a carrier.

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<v Speaker 5>No, this is my worst nightmare because I cannot even

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<v Speaker 5>carry a tune and my social anxiety, all these people

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<v Speaker 5>looking at me no like I can't. I would literally

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<v Speaker 5>need to be even hammered. I don't think you could

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<v Speaker 5>convince me to get on that stage.

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<v Speaker 3>But if we were to convince you to get on

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<v Speaker 3>the stage, what song would you be most comfortable singing?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, I'm in a belt out some t swift. Put

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<v Speaker 5>on any of the discography, proferably something offbeat, you know,

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<v Speaker 5>maybe like paper Rings or something fun like that.

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<v Speaker 3>A reputation. But yeah, we can't convince you to do

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<v Speaker 3>the dance a chance in hell. That's crazy. I feel

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<v Speaker 3>like you're the exact opposite. I love I saw that

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<v Speaker 3>coming a million but I thought you would say, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I love karaoke, it's really fun.

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<v Speaker 5>I will support, I will cheer, I will woogle people

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<v Speaker 5>like I'll go to care.

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<v Speaker 3>But you are such a wor girl. I'm not participating. Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>all right, I feel like you'll move your shoulders. I'll

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<v Speaker 3>be dancing on the sideline. I feel like you're the

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<v Speaker 3>dreams that would be singing on the sidelines. But don't

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<v Speaker 3>give you the microphone. Yeah, that's a fair that's a

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<v Speaker 3>fair assessment because like at the Taylor Swift concert, we

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<v Speaker 3>were screaming. That's true, Like every single lyric we were

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<v Speaker 3>screaming them. Like, it's not like you were scared of

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<v Speaker 3>being heard, jests, no one looking at me.

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<v Speaker 4>Problem is not being perceived. But you have seen, you

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<v Speaker 4>want to see, you want to move.

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<v Speaker 3>She wants to be a karaoke girl.

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<v Speaker 4>I get that. I get that. I get there. So

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<v Speaker 4>maybe maybe alone you're a home I get you. How

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<v Speaker 4>do I whittle it down? So definitely.

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<v Speaker 3>I love that there's options, there's so many, so special

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<v Speaker 3>to Mithiggans obviously, dreams, Gabrielle.

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<v Speaker 4>Dreams, Ken came true.

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<v Speaker 3>And then I know this is like this is like,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, maybe ethically ambiguous, but I really quickly ambiguous.

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<v Speaker 6>I like that.

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<v Speaker 4>I love human nature.

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<v Speaker 3>Michael Jackson and sorry, sorry, we don't need I know,

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<v Speaker 3>and I'm trying to wean myself off. Oh no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 3>like we can keep them. Sorry, they live in our past.

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<v Speaker 3>That's they live in our past. Jackson, you know, just

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<v Speaker 3>to be like questionable in terms of his decision making.

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<v Speaker 3>But at the same time, I think he's not here anymore.

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<v Speaker 3>So if you like his music pop Off Queen.

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<v Speaker 4>Those are my three main ones, okay, and then there's

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<v Speaker 4>so many more.

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<v Speaker 3>But I don'teel like a man in the mirror would

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<v Speaker 3>be something that you would be like all over. Actually

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<v Speaker 3>wouldn't mind that, but I don't know if you could.

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe I could.

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<v Speaker 3>I trust the register change exactly, and what about you?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh my god, I don't know. I feel so stumped.

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<v Speaker 3>Like Jess Love a microphone, put it in front of me,

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<v Speaker 3>do not make me sing. I can't sing my toddler

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<v Speaker 3>the other mummy, stop mortifying, mortifying. I was just like singing.

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<v Speaker 3>And he goes like I'm holding my toddler, cradling him,

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<v Speaker 3>and like, for his entire life, I've sung to him

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<v Speaker 3>while he's like going to sleep, you know, not every time,

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<v Speaker 3>but sometimes, and he puts his fingers over my mouth

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<v Speaker 3>and goes, mammy stop honestly, fair fair. So yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 3>not a karaoke girly, but if I was going to

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<v Speaker 3>it would be a song that I know really well,

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<v Speaker 3>like TLC Waterfalls.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, okay, like I even.

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<v Speaker 3>Know the rap part, which I think is so funny

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<v Speaker 3>because it doesn't suit my personality at all.

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<v Speaker 4>I wouldn't picked it for you, but I can see it.

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<v Speaker 3>It's really fun or like a Natasha Beddingfield unwritten or

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<v Speaker 3>something like something really honestly, the takia the better. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>so that's where I would be. We are not, just

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<v Speaker 3>to be very clear, we are not going to be

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<v Speaker 3>hosting a Shoes on the Money karaoke event. It's not happening.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not comfortable with it. Jess isn't comfortable with it,

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<v Speaker 3>but might do a side quest. I can see that

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<v Speaker 3>in your future for sure. God, she hosts trivia, next

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<v Speaker 3>up karaoke, She's on the Money branded. I'll be there

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<v Speaker 3>to support sport. I will be there. Do not make

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<v Speaker 3>me sing like I just can't get over the fact

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<v Speaker 3>that I can't sing.

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<v Speaker 4>You don't need to worry about that part.

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<v Speaker 5>On the inside, I feel like I should be a

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<v Speaker 5>good singer, and it really upsets me.

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<v Speaker 3>Like I should be a good singer. I am not.

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<v Speaker 3>Like what comes out of my mouth in the car

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<v Speaker 3>is not what you would hear, like, I think it's

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<v Speaker 3>way better than what it is in reality.

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<v Speaker 4>And then you turn the radio down. You're like, am

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<v Speaker 4>I hitting those notes? And you're like waiting, No, that

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<v Speaker 4>was the song?

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<v Speaker 3>No, I'm just enjoying the song totally, and I would

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<v Speaker 3>like to live in that state of delusion. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>need people with cameras being able to capture those moments.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I understand.

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<v Speaker 3>I agree. So if you ever think about Jess or

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<v Speaker 3>I do in karaoke, just know we're amazing at it

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<v Speaker 3>and we wouldn't want you to feel bad about your

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<v Speaker 3>karaoke ability, so we would never get up on that stage.

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<v Speaker 4>Well that's fair.

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<v Speaker 3>We're just really thoughtful, aren't we. Just I couldn't agree more.

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<v Speaker 3>All Right, guys, if you've got an excellent question for

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<v Speaker 3>the pod, to send it on through to us. As

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<v Speaker 3>you've heard, it does not have to be money related,

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<v Speaker 3>but maybe ow she's on the karaoke playlist, should be like,

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<v Speaker 3>we should make one of those.

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<v Speaker 4>I god, we should should.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely? Are you ready for more community money wins? Misters GRICI,

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<v Speaker 3>please tell me what has our community been up to

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<v Speaker 3>on the money win front this week? Firstly, Sharon has

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<v Speaker 3>said money win.

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<v Speaker 5>I've paid off my after pay, I've closed the account

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<v Speaker 5>and I've deleted the app. Oh amazing, lots of people

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<v Speaker 5>getting around her, you love to see it? Tell yeah,

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<v Speaker 5>then I've got money in from Sammy, who said, I

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<v Speaker 5>just hit two hundred and fifty sessions at my gym

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<v Speaker 5>and they gave me one hundred.

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<v Speaker 3>Dollars alis katvoutcha Alis.

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<v Speaker 5>Katie also had free shipping in a ten percent discount,

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<v Speaker 5>so I got some new leggings for free. Oh my god,

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<v Speaker 5>amazing love the year gym celebrates that.

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<v Speaker 3>That's awesome.

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<v Speaker 5>Next, I've got a money win from Chantale, who said

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<v Speaker 5>it's actually a money loss, but a memory win. I

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<v Speaker 5>took my daughter out for a bike rid I had

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<v Speaker 5>on the weekend, and we had breakfast at a local cafe,

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<v Speaker 5>and I then doubled down because the weather was beautiful,

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<v Speaker 5>and we walked to our local bowling club and enjoyed

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<v Speaker 5>a drink and some nibbles outside while we played Uno.

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<v Speaker 5>I normally wouldn't spend fifty dollars in one morning eating

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<v Speaker 5>and drinking out, but making memories.

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<v Speaker 4>Is absolutely worth it.

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<v Speaker 3>It's very true, and.

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<v Speaker 5>That sounded just so wholesome to me, Like you know,

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<v Speaker 5>in the sunshine, little breakfast together, sometimes it's money well spent.

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<v Speaker 5>Then I've got one from Tara who said my vacuum

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<v Speaker 5>mop broke and I needed to get a new one.

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<v Speaker 5>I menased JB High Fire to look for the dice

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<v Speaker 5>and washed g one, which they had listed for nine

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<v Speaker 5>ninety nine. I then went online and Mayer had them

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<v Speaker 5>on sale for three hundred and ninety five dollars and

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<v Speaker 5>Jbhigh Fire price match, so I saved six hundred dollars.

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<v Speaker 5>I have that dice and mop I paid one thousand

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<v Speaker 5>dollars for it. I will say it was worth every penny.

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<v Speaker 5>But if you can buy it for three hundred and

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<v Speaker 5>ninety five dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>That's one thousand.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a steal deal.

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<v Speaker 3>And oh brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

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<v Speaker 2>I love it so much.

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<v Speaker 3>I haven't tried the dice in one have the What

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<v Speaker 3>have I got? I've got the Bissel, yeah, and I

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<v Speaker 3>love her. But she's like on a cord yeah, so

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<v Speaker 3>I want like a cordless one because I'm not gonna lie.

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<v Speaker 3>It's incredibly like good. Yeah, but the idea that I

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<v Speaker 3>have to lug it out, plug it in do to

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<v Speaker 3>cord things really good.

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<v Speaker 5>The battery is like an hour, I'm pretty sure on it,

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<v Speaker 5>which is like enough for me to do my house.

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<v Speaker 3>That's good.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, And it's so satisfied for anyone hasn't seen it.

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<v Speaker 5>It mops and vacuums at the same time. So if

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<v Speaker 5>you've got pets, like there's always pet hair on my

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<v Speaker 5>floor no matter how much I run the robo back.

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<v Speaker 5>So it's good because it doesn't block the mop. But

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<v Speaker 5>then there's two little canisters, one for clean water that

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<v Speaker 5>goes on the floor as you mop, and as you

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<v Speaker 5>it sucks it back up, which is if you've got floorboards.

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<v Speaker 3>But also you can see the dirty water. In a sense,

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<v Speaker 3>it's so satisfying. My mistol does that as well. Really, right,

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<v Speaker 3>why do I mop the floor and then go I'll

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<v Speaker 3>just do a quick once over of the kitchen again

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<v Speaker 3>because I don't know why. I feel like the kitchen

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<v Speaker 3>needs doing twice for some reason, like it just does.

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<v Speaker 3>And then the mop is dirty again, and I'm like.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't use this house.

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<v Speaker 3>I've literally just cleaned it. I don't understand mopping till

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<v Speaker 3>it's clear.

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<v Speaker 4>Is Oh that would feel good.

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<v Speaker 3>It feels so good not in this house.

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<v Speaker 5>I've got a body win from Grace who said I

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<v Speaker 5>didn't buy one single work lunch last week.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, I can't very good. Grace.

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<v Speaker 5>Jason said I bought two new books and I got

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<v Speaker 5>them from Marketplace. It was five dollars for both, which

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<v Speaker 5>is a bargain if ever I've heard one. And then lastly,

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<v Speaker 5>I've got money win from Aaron who said we were

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<v Speaker 5>in the city for Vivid with our two kids and

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<v Speaker 5>my five year old was insisting on getting a big pretzel,

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<v Speaker 5>which is like, you know there's Venda hot pretzels five.

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<v Speaker 3>Year old's page.

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<v Speaker 5>They're so couldn't find them, she said, unfortunately, but today

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<v Speaker 5>she went to Aldi picked up a box of six

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<v Speaker 5>frozen ones six bucks.

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<v Speaker 3>Sorry, what you can get giant frozen pretzels. I've had

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<v Speaker 3>them before.

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<v Speaker 5>They're very good. Actually, so I've had the pretzel sticks.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't know if they do the twisty ones them

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<v Speaker 5>in the air fryer. Stop it a little bit of

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<v Speaker 5>molden salt.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, delicious.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't know this exist, Like, I want to go

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<v Speaker 3>to Aldi a sap. I'm not pregnant, but that feels

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<v Speaker 3>like a pregnancy cravy in my head. I'm like, oh yes. Also, Jess,

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<v Speaker 3>I just saw on Instagram and I tagged you on

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<v Speaker 3>Instagram in a picture of a pink air fryer. I

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<v Speaker 3>need it. Ninja has a pink air fryer. I must

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<v Speaker 3>have it.

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<v Speaker 4>I literally did.

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<v Speaker 3>Don't tell anybody, but while Jess was opening her phone

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<v Speaker 3>I saw it and tagged her while we're recording the episode,

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<v Speaker 3>and I was like, she needs to see this. She

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<v Speaker 3>it's like a light pink.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh that's cute. Oh now that's sorry, Hugh.

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<v Speaker 3>Sorry, Jess is building a house.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you gotta have that.

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<v Speaker 3>Jess has a new kitchen and nobody else has seen

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<v Speaker 3>the cabinet tree in her kitchen yet because she hasn't

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<v Speaker 3>posted it. But I made her send me pictures of

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<v Speaker 3>her cabinet tree in her kitchen, and I just know

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<v Speaker 3>that it needs a pink air fryer. I'm really cute.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm so excited to see this. Oh don't even it

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<v Speaker 3>is the most exciting thing ever. All right, let's move on. Yes, Beck,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know if you can get better than six

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<v Speaker 3>dollars for six frozen pretzels, but I feel like you

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<v Speaker 3>often do top it.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I'm gonna be pretty close.

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<v Speaker 3>I'd tell you what do you bring into the table?

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<v Speaker 3>My friend?

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<v Speaker 4>So well?

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<v Speaker 3>Actually, first of all, pretzel I always get confused by them,

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<v Speaker 3>to the small ones, crispy always like a chip, large

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<v Speaker 3>pretzel like a bread.

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<v Speaker 4>Would you say understood?

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<v Speaker 3>Think crispy out that and today are fantastic negotiating tools

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<v Speaker 3>for toddless. Yes, my kid will do so much for

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<v Speaker 3>a pretzel. Yeah, hell yeah, Okay, same though, I got

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<v Speaker 3>to get on these big pretzels. I'm going to get

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<v Speaker 3>the big pretzels. I'll report that, thank you.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay.

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<v Speaker 3>First broke tip I have from the community is from Christy,

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<v Speaker 3>who says, go to Buddings. They do free kids crafts

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<v Speaker 3>often on a Sunday. They have an indoor playground. Plus

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<v Speaker 3>they have party pies and sausage rolls for the kids,

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<v Speaker 3>so you don't have to buy big ones. It's a

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<v Speaker 3>great option for.

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<v Speaker 4>A rainy day.

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<v Speaker 3>It is actually good free to do.

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<v Speaker 6>This.

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<v Speaker 3>Next one comes from a Stacey who says, if there's

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<v Speaker 3>something you desperately want to watch on Prime and you're

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<v Speaker 3>a bingital in one or two nights kind of person,

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<v Speaker 3>sign up, watch the show, cancel the membership, and you

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<v Speaker 3>can opt to have the remainder of your month's fee

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<v Speaker 3>refunded versus paying for a whole month, which is a

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<v Speaker 3>great idea.

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<v Speaker 4>I didn't even know that movies and stuff like that

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<v Speaker 4>as well, So I think that's so good.

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<v Speaker 3>And I know this is really lazy of me, but

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<v Speaker 3>it did remind me that this is something I want

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<v Speaker 3>to tell freelancers or anyone who needs Adobe to like

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<v Speaker 3>make money or just whatever you use it for.

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<v Speaker 4>Adobe does this same thing. So if you sign up

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<v Speaker 4>for a month to month not an annual subscription, you

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<v Speaker 4>can say you have to cut up a video for

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<v Speaker 4>a client or whatever you need to do. If you

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<v Speaker 4>sign up, unfortunately, do you have to pay the full

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<v Speaker 4>amount upfront, but then try and get your work done

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<v Speaker 4>in one or two days, and then you cancel and

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<v Speaker 4>you can opt for a refund like pro rated pro rade.

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<v Speaker 4>It it's like two days off or whatever. It's like

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<v Speaker 4>still like a hefty chunk. You're really not paying that much.

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<v Speaker 4>So I think this is a great reminder.

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<v Speaker 3>I think I said it recently on a podcast that

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<v Speaker 3>I've just been threatening all my subscriptions, yer, like I

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<v Speaker 3>just go in and threaten to cancel, Like I like,

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<v Speaker 3>go into the account, hit cancel and see if like

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<v Speaker 3>a retention thing comes up, and if it does, I'm like,

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<v Speaker 3>thank you, I'll be taking that discount. And if it

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't pop up, I'm like, I didn't mean it and

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<v Speaker 3>likes it because there are some subscriptions that I do

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<v Speaker 3>want to keep, but I also want a discount.

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<v Speaker 4>So totally. I just got through three months of free Adobe.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm obsessed with Adobe this morning because the same thing.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm obsessed with. How creative I feel like you are consistently.

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<v Speaker 3>It's really impressive. While you guys hear a little word

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<v Speaker 3>from our sponsors, we're going to be plotting ways to

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<v Speaker 3>be more creative with our money. So guys don't go anywhere.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome back, everybody. Let's take a listen to this week's

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<v Speaker 3>money dilemma.

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<v Speaker 6>Hi.

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<v Speaker 3>There, have you got a money dilemma you just can't solve?

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<v Speaker 3>The Sheese on the Money Team is here to help.

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<v Speaker 3>Every week, we tackle your dilemmas, both big and small,

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<v Speaker 3>To get involved, simply head to our website and leave

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<v Speaker 3>yourself on the show. Now, let's take a listen to

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<v Speaker 3>this week's money dilemma.

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<v Speaker 2>Hi, she's on the Money Team. I have a question

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<v Speaker 2>about dollar cost averaging in investing. I have worked out

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<v Speaker 2>that I can invest about one thousand dollars every six months.

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<v Speaker 2>I could invest that in smaller portions over the course

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<v Speaker 2>of the six months, but I have been investing it

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<v Speaker 2>as a thousand dollar lump some essentially every six months.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm investing with Perla, and the brokerage fee is six

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<v Speaker 2>dollars fifty. So the way that I thought about it

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<v Speaker 2>was that that was a good percentage of the investment.

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<v Speaker 2>But I keep hearing about dollar cost averaging, and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>essentially wondering whether I should be doing this differently, whether

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<v Speaker 2>I should be investing more frequently every fortnight or every month,

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<v Speaker 2>or whether this is a good way to go. I'd

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<v Speaker 2>love your advice and thoughts about this. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 3>What do you reckon? Beeck? What would you do?

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, I had never thought about that. So I guess like,

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<v Speaker 4>if you're investing months every like six months or whatever,

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<v Speaker 4>then you would hope that on the day that you

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<v Speaker 4>invest the investment is low. But if you invested every day,

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<v Speaker 4>or like every few days or every few weeks, then

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<v Speaker 4>your chances of getting like some lower price some higher price.

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<v Speaker 3>Is that what that is?

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<v Speaker 4>Dollar cost averaging?

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, So the idea of dollar cost averaging is that

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<v Speaker 5>you make more frequent purchases, so statistically speaking, you're more

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<v Speaker 5>likely to hit an average of a market, whereas our listener,

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<v Speaker 5>for example, she's buying ones every six months, she's purchasing

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<v Speaker 5>twice in a year, so statistically speaking, the chances of

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<v Speaker 5>the market being in a positive spot are less likely,

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<v Speaker 5>whereas if you were to purchase more regularly. The idea

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<v Speaker 5>would be that sometimes you buy it's high, sometimes you

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<v Speaker 5>buy it's low, and that it averages out, so you're

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<v Speaker 5>kind of in the middle of the market, if that

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<v Speaker 5>makes sense across the board.

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<v Speaker 4>And I guess the downside is that I believe it

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<v Speaker 4>six or fifty every time per transaction, per transaction, that

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<v Speaker 4>seems like a hefty fee. I don't know. I'd a

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<v Speaker 4>very per Yeah, I would like try and do it

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<v Speaker 4>like consistently or like you know, shorter times in between personally, But.

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<v Speaker 3>I've come with receipts, okay, tell us more. Okay. So

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<v Speaker 3>she gave me enough information that I could put this

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<v Speaker 3>into an online investment frequency calculator, which helps you understand

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<v Speaker 3>what frequency would be the best strategy for your money. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>this is obviously not financial advice, as in, I'm going

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<v Speaker 3>to give a piece of financial advice, but it's not

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<v Speaker 3>specific to you. And the way that I see it

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<v Speaker 3>is you might choose to not invest this way just

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<v Speaker 3>purely because it's your habits and you're trying to go

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<v Speaker 3>no V, I really want to invest on an opply basis,

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<v Speaker 3>or no V, I really want it to go into

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<v Speaker 3>the market every two months. Like that's very different because

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<v Speaker 3>if you're saying I will feel more committed because I'm

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<v Speaker 3>investing regularly and I get to play with it more often.

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<v Speaker 3>Therefore I'm contributing more, that's probably a really good thing

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<v Speaker 3>for you. But there is a website, and I'll make

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<v Speaker 3>sure it's in the show notes. It's investcalc dot GitHub,

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<v Speaker 3>dot io, and I have used this a few times.

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<v Speaker 3>It's not owned by any of the banks or any

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<v Speaker 3>of the investing platforms, which I kind of like. And

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<v Speaker 3>it's just an investment frequency calculator. So you've just got

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<v Speaker 3>to take it as you will. And what it will

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<v Speaker 3>do is it will take your investment frequency, your savings

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<v Speaker 3>per month, your interest rate that you might get on

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<v Speaker 3>your savings, your expected investment returns, and then your brokerage

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<v Speaker 3>per investment, and it tells you how often investing would

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<v Speaker 3>be optimal for you. Right, So for this example, our

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<v Speaker 3>friend she's saying, I have one thousand dollars every six months,

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<v Speaker 3>so we could probably assume that she's saving about one

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<v Speaker 3>hundred and sixty six dollars and sixty six cents per month. Right,

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<v Speaker 3>that makes two grand to you. I popped that in

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<v Speaker 3>so I said every month, she's got one hundred and

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<v Speaker 3>sixty six dollars and sixty six cents interest rate on savings. Today,

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<v Speaker 3>a good savings account you could get around five percent.

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<v Speaker 3>So this is just a point in time thing. So

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<v Speaker 3>I have put five percent in the interest rate on savings.

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<v Speaker 3>The expected investment returns. Again, we know that since inception

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<v Speaker 3>the average rate of the Australian share markets return has

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<v Speaker 3>been thirteen percent, but I've put nine because I feel

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<v Speaker 3>like that seems to be what a lot of ETFs

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<v Speaker 3>and a lot of investments have been returning over the

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<v Speaker 3>last thirty years. I've then gone and looked up Perla's

0:21:32.480 --> 0:21:37.040
<v Speaker 3>brokerage fee, and on average per investment it's six dollars

0:21:37.119 --> 0:21:41.760
<v Speaker 3>fifty for Perler. So with all of that, this calculator

0:21:41.880 --> 0:21:44.159
<v Speaker 3>has spat out. And I'll again make sure that these

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<v Speaker 3>link is in the show notes, so you can do

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<v Speaker 3>your own calculations and make your own decisions. But the

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<v Speaker 3>optimal investment strategy apparently is investing eight hundred and thirty

0:21:53.800 --> 0:21:58.280
<v Speaker 3>seven dollars once every five months. Interesting yeap, And this

0:21:58.480 --> 0:22:03.480
<v Speaker 3>amount includes the brokerage and seven dollars interest. So it

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<v Speaker 3>says that if you were to invest every single month

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<v Speaker 3>over let me just get my laptop because I want

0:22:09.800 --> 0:22:12.360
<v Speaker 3>specific numbers for you guys. It says here that if

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<v Speaker 3>you were to invest, so this is over ten years,

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<v Speaker 3>So this calculator goes all right, Well, if you're investing

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<v Speaker 3>consistently for ten years and you invested the one hundred

0:22:19.760 --> 0:22:23.120
<v Speaker 3>and sixty six every single month, your investment portfolio would

0:22:23.119 --> 0:22:26.680
<v Speaker 3>be worth about thirty thousand, two hundred dollars. If you

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<v Speaker 3>were to invest every three months, it would be worth

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<v Speaker 3>thirty one thousand dollars. If you were to invest every

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<v Speaker 3>five months, it would be worth thirty one thousand, one

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<v Speaker 3>hundred dollars, and if you were to invest every ten months,

0:22:38.480 --> 0:22:41.240
<v Speaker 3>it drops back down to just under thirty one thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 3>So like as you guys can see, like there's not

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<v Speaker 3>heaps of difference. And obviously this is just like a

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<v Speaker 3>here's the maths. Yeah, and just because the maths maths

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't mean it's the best situation for you. But that's

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<v Speaker 3>really interesting and I find it a really good way

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<v Speaker 3>of making decisions because obviously, when you have brokerage, you're

0:23:01.320 --> 0:23:04.000
<v Speaker 3>spending six dollars fifty just to get your money into

0:23:04.040 --> 0:23:06.080
<v Speaker 3>the market, and that stuff adds up, like if you're

0:23:06.080 --> 0:23:08.720
<v Speaker 3>spending six dollars fifty every single month, that money could

0:23:08.760 --> 0:23:12.359
<v Speaker 3>have gone into your investment portfolio instead. So we do

0:23:12.600 --> 0:23:15.040
<v Speaker 3>need to be really aware of how often we're investing.

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<v Speaker 3>And I do think that there's this really big misconception

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<v Speaker 3>that when we say and when I say we, when

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<v Speaker 3>the market says invest consistently over the long term, it

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<v Speaker 3>means every week or every month. Yeah, it doesn't actually

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<v Speaker 3>mean that. It just means be consistent with your contributions

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<v Speaker 3>to your investment portfolio. And every five months. You might go, vi,

0:23:35.400 --> 0:23:37.640
<v Speaker 3>that doesn't make sense, like that feels like a long

0:23:37.720 --> 0:23:41.960
<v Speaker 3>period of time. Well it's actually not, because our plan

0:23:42.160 --> 0:23:47.000
<v Speaker 3>is to be investing for thirty, forty, fifty, maybe sixty years.

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<v Speaker 3>So if we're doing that, every five months is actually

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<v Speaker 3>very consistent. We just need to commit to that and

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<v Speaker 3>it's a bit harder to feel that commitment when you're like, oh,

0:23:56.880 --> 0:24:00.200
<v Speaker 3>it's just my savings sitting over there. I haven't invested them, Like,

0:24:00.440 --> 0:24:03.120
<v Speaker 3>you know, we're making interest on our savings because obviously

0:24:03.200 --> 0:24:06.280
<v Speaker 3>we'd have a high interest savings account while everything's banking up,

0:24:06.560 --> 0:24:09.000
<v Speaker 3>and then we make an investment decision that makes sense

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<v Speaker 3>for us.

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<v Speaker 5>So it's worth remembering that five months isn't a rule

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<v Speaker 5>of thumb for everyone. That's based on this specific and.

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<v Speaker 3>That's where I'm like, I just want to be very clear.

0:24:17.320 --> 0:24:19.480
<v Speaker 3>This is the calculator. I'm putting it in the link, like,

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<v Speaker 3>that's not me saying please do this. That's absolutely not advice,

0:24:23.359 --> 0:24:27.080
<v Speaker 3>but it's hey, look at what this specific example spat out,

0:24:27.119 --> 0:24:30.159
<v Speaker 3>because it's not what you would have expected, especially because

0:24:30.320 --> 0:24:33.560
<v Speaker 3>the narrative is so often invest every single month. Jess,

0:24:33.640 --> 0:24:37.480
<v Speaker 3>it's a good idea. Let's just do our check in

0:24:38.119 --> 0:24:38.960
<v Speaker 3>sounds like she was doing.

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<v Speaker 4>She was on the right track, for sure.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like she is on the right track right

0:24:42.520 --> 0:24:44.720
<v Speaker 3>she said, I'm investing one thousand dollars every six months.

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<v Speaker 3>That seems pretty close.

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<v Speaker 4>Banks Gold perfect, you do you boot.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely anyway, that was really fun. I could keep talking

0:24:52.800 --> 0:24:55.159
<v Speaker 3>about dollar cost averaging forever, which I think you guys know.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's move on to our DM of the week. This

0:24:57.640 --> 0:25:00.920
<v Speaker 3>DM concerns the values behind it, our investments. I'm just

0:25:01.000 --> 0:25:04.800
<v Speaker 3>so excited about this next topics, specifically how our values

0:25:04.920 --> 0:25:08.640
<v Speaker 3>might differ if we're in a relationship. So this community

0:25:08.680 --> 0:25:11.680
<v Speaker 3>member messaged us and said, Hi, Victoria, Jess and beck

0:25:12.000 --> 0:25:14.280
<v Speaker 3>I have a dilemma that's been eating away at me,

0:25:14.520 --> 0:25:16.440
<v Speaker 3>and you just know it is because there were five

0:25:16.640 --> 0:25:20.480
<v Speaker 3>exclamation marks after this. My partner and I have completely

0:25:20.560 --> 0:25:23.680
<v Speaker 3>different approaches to money. I'm a planner and love having savings. Well,

0:25:23.680 --> 0:25:26.600
<v Speaker 3>he believes money is just there to be enjoyed. Recently,

0:25:26.720 --> 0:25:30.080
<v Speaker 3>I've started feeling resentful because I'm saying no to dinners,

0:25:30.119 --> 0:25:32.879
<v Speaker 3>weekends away, and shopping so that I can hit my goals,

0:25:33.119 --> 0:25:36.200
<v Speaker 3>while he's spending freely and still expects us to split

0:25:36.440 --> 0:25:40.919
<v Speaker 3>everything evenly. We don't combine finances, but his choices are

0:25:40.960 --> 0:25:44.119
<v Speaker 3>starting to impact mine. Am I being too rigid with

0:25:44.240 --> 0:25:46.440
<v Speaker 3>my money? Or is this something that we need to

0:25:46.480 --> 0:25:49.639
<v Speaker 3>have a bigger conversation about. I think we've answered a

0:25:49.720 --> 0:25:53.680
<v Speaker 3>question like this before totally, and like that's just telling

0:25:53.800 --> 0:25:56.240
<v Speaker 3>us or I think it's just telling us goal you're

0:25:56.280 --> 0:25:59.520
<v Speaker 3>not alone. This is consistent. It's like the ying and yang,

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<v Speaker 3>for sure.

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<v Speaker 4>I think God and I've had a lot of these

0:26:04.840 --> 0:26:07.359
<v Speaker 4>discussions recently for some reason. It's popping up at the

0:26:07.400 --> 0:26:08.440
<v Speaker 4>moment in my world.

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<v Speaker 3>But I think that like money and just everything, like

0:26:13.600 --> 0:26:16.639
<v Speaker 3>the way you're brought up with money, Like we all know,

0:26:16.840 --> 0:26:21.160
<v Speaker 3>like it's not just something we inherently have, Like it's

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<v Speaker 3>not like you can.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, you either have empathy or you don't have empathy.

0:26:25.720 --> 0:26:30.440
<v Speaker 4>It's like money is not a part of human biology whatever,

0:26:30.920 --> 0:26:32.720
<v Speaker 4>and so it's like makes sense that we have to

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<v Speaker 4>like learn what our relationship is with this foreign object.

0:26:37.680 --> 0:26:39.680
<v Speaker 4>Some people are really good at making sure that they're

0:26:39.680 --> 0:26:42.480
<v Speaker 4>getting the best deal in every way, and my brain

0:26:42.720 --> 0:26:45.440
<v Speaker 4>personally doesn't work like that, and some people's does and

0:26:45.640 --> 0:26:48.200
<v Speaker 4>some people don't. It just really depends on the way

0:26:48.240 --> 0:26:49.879
<v Speaker 4>your brain works, and also the way you were brought up,

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<v Speaker 4>I suppose. But I think like even then it's a

0:26:53.880 --> 0:26:56.080
<v Speaker 4>situation that money is very important to you, Money is

0:26:56.160 --> 0:26:59.040
<v Speaker 4>not very important to your partner already is, but in

0:26:59.080 --> 0:27:01.880
<v Speaker 4>this way where it's like should be used for joy

0:27:02.040 --> 0:27:04.280
<v Speaker 4>and pleasure and all these things. Which I understand because

0:27:05.040 --> 0:27:07.200
<v Speaker 4>I'm on the same wavelength. I think that we should

0:27:07.200 --> 0:27:09.600
<v Speaker 4>be enjoying the fruits of our labor every day in

0:27:09.680 --> 0:27:12.840
<v Speaker 4>every way. But I think that there is certainly a

0:27:12.960 --> 0:27:16.040
<v Speaker 4>really nice middle ground. It doesn't have to be super

0:27:16.720 --> 0:27:19.760
<v Speaker 4>frugal or just like splurge all the time. But I

0:27:19.800 --> 0:27:22.399
<v Speaker 4>think as long as your partner knows why it's important

0:27:22.400 --> 0:27:25.479
<v Speaker 4>to you and what that looks like, and you as

0:27:25.560 --> 0:27:28.160
<v Speaker 4>well understanding their point of view as well, I think

0:27:28.200 --> 0:27:29.600
<v Speaker 4>you can come to a nice middle ground where you'll

0:27:29.600 --> 0:27:31.560
<v Speaker 4>maybe like, hey, let's save this amount of money, or

0:27:31.600 --> 0:27:34.040
<v Speaker 4>if you want to go out and splurge, then we

0:27:34.119 --> 0:27:38.800
<v Speaker 4>can do that, but I won't be financially contributing because

0:27:38.840 --> 0:27:40.560
<v Speaker 4>sometimes you just want like someone to go with. You

0:27:40.680 --> 0:27:42.440
<v Speaker 4>want to be able to go to the movies or

0:27:42.520 --> 0:27:44.440
<v Speaker 4>go to a fancy restaurant, but you don't want to

0:27:44.440 --> 0:27:48.280
<v Speaker 4>go alone. So if your partner's like, i'll pay for it, cool,

0:27:48.480 --> 0:27:50.640
<v Speaker 4>go enjoy the fruits of their labor. But I think

0:27:50.640 --> 0:27:52.639
<v Speaker 4>there is a middle ground and you can reach that

0:27:52.960 --> 0:27:54.639
<v Speaker 4>just having a big conversation about it all.

0:27:54.800 --> 0:27:57.399
<v Speaker 3>And it sounds a lot like it's about mindset, like

0:27:57.520 --> 0:28:00.280
<v Speaker 3>your mindset where you're like no, you should always like

0:28:00.680 --> 0:28:03.400
<v Speaker 3>just enjoy the fruits of your labor. And like, then

0:28:03.600 --> 0:28:06.040
<v Speaker 3>I look at Jess and my money mindset in comparison

0:28:06.119 --> 0:28:09.400
<v Speaker 3>to yours, and I go, well, Beck, my money mindset

0:28:09.560 --> 0:28:12.119
<v Speaker 3>is that by doing that, you're stealing from future you.

0:28:12.640 --> 0:28:15.000
<v Speaker 3>And like, I'm making my life harder for future me

0:28:15.320 --> 0:28:17.399
<v Speaker 3>to enjoy things that are bigger and better. And I

0:28:17.440 --> 0:28:20.960
<v Speaker 3>think it's about instant and delayed gratification. And that's why

0:28:21.040 --> 0:28:23.960
<v Speaker 3>getting into it is really helpful. Jess, what would you do?

0:28:24.520 --> 0:28:27.040
<v Speaker 3>I think like there's two ways it can go.

0:28:27.160 --> 0:28:29.040
<v Speaker 5>I think either you sit down, you have the conversation,

0:28:29.200 --> 0:28:32.080
<v Speaker 5>you reach that middle ground and you find compromise. Or

0:28:32.520 --> 0:28:35.440
<v Speaker 5>I think, like it is pragmatic to talk about the

0:28:35.520 --> 0:28:37.840
<v Speaker 5>fact that it may just be a point of difference

0:28:37.880 --> 0:28:40.440
<v Speaker 5>that is too significant. I think your relationship with money,

0:28:40.880 --> 0:28:44.000
<v Speaker 5>I would equate it to like a personal value.

0:28:44.160 --> 0:28:46.600
<v Speaker 3>You know, sometimes you meet people and you go we click.

0:28:46.400 --> 0:28:48.080
<v Speaker 5>On so many levels, we have so much in common

0:28:48.640 --> 0:28:52.479
<v Speaker 5>that politically our opinions really differ. Or you know, our

0:28:52.600 --> 0:28:55.360
<v Speaker 5>core values when it comes to the way that we

0:28:55.480 --> 0:28:58.000
<v Speaker 5>move in the world are very different, and that can

0:28:58.400 --> 0:29:02.640
<v Speaker 5>sometimes be a mountain that is too high to overcome.

0:29:02.880 --> 0:29:06.040
<v Speaker 5>I think it's important to acknowledge that because if you

0:29:06.160 --> 0:29:08.360
<v Speaker 5>are someone who is in a relationship and you're getting

0:29:08.600 --> 0:29:12.640
<v Speaker 5>resentful like that, I think that's quite a dangerous emotion

0:29:12.840 --> 0:29:15.960
<v Speaker 5>to be feeling. So if you haven't already addressing it

0:29:16.080 --> 0:29:19.080
<v Speaker 5>is super important and saying hey, this is how I'm feeling,

0:29:19.080 --> 0:29:19.840
<v Speaker 5>this is how you're feeling.

0:29:19.960 --> 0:29:21.920
<v Speaker 3>Is there a middle ground? What does that look like?

0:29:22.560 --> 0:29:25.600
<v Speaker 5>But also, if you really want to live your life

0:29:25.640 --> 0:29:27.719
<v Speaker 5>one way and your partner really wants to live their

0:29:27.760 --> 0:29:30.880
<v Speaker 5>life another way, it is also worth looking at critically

0:29:30.960 --> 0:29:34.360
<v Speaker 5>and thinking, well, what are the implications long term? True,

0:29:34.360 --> 0:29:35.400
<v Speaker 5>because if you're gonna be with someon of for the

0:29:35.440 --> 0:29:39.200
<v Speaker 5>rest of your lives and those things don't align, it

0:29:39.320 --> 0:29:43.360
<v Speaker 5>can be a really uncomfortable situation, and like emotionally, that

0:29:43.480 --> 0:29:45.920
<v Speaker 5>can take a toll. Resent is a really negative feeling,

0:29:46.000 --> 0:29:48.440
<v Speaker 5>and resent then grows into all of these other types

0:29:48.440 --> 0:29:51.720
<v Speaker 5>of emotions. It can become anger, it can become you know,

0:29:51.800 --> 0:29:54.160
<v Speaker 5>all those things that then drive a wedge between what

0:29:54.280 --> 0:29:57.840
<v Speaker 5>I'm sure started out as a very wonderful and loving relationship.

0:29:58.480 --> 0:30:02.440
<v Speaker 5>And so it is I think, yes, in an ideal world,

0:30:02.560 --> 0:30:05.680
<v Speaker 5>we're finding a middle ground and we're both talking and

0:30:05.720 --> 0:30:08.200
<v Speaker 5>we're going, oh, like we can do what everybody wants.

0:30:08.640 --> 0:30:10.600
<v Speaker 5>But I also just wanted to say, like, sometimes like

0:30:10.720 --> 0:30:13.360
<v Speaker 5>you just don't align with the person you're with on

0:30:13.720 --> 0:30:16.680
<v Speaker 5>key things. Yeah, and I personally think money is one

0:30:16.760 --> 0:30:19.880
<v Speaker 5>of those key things where if you can't find a

0:30:19.920 --> 0:30:23.280
<v Speaker 5>way to make it work, that is also okay, and

0:30:23.440 --> 0:30:25.560
<v Speaker 5>you maybe will need to.

0:30:25.560 --> 0:30:28.080
<v Speaker 3>Look at other options. I feel like that's a really

0:30:28.120 --> 0:30:31.440
<v Speaker 3>aggressive thing to say to someone single friends, Jess, is

0:30:31.480 --> 0:30:33.720
<v Speaker 3>that what you're suggesting, You've just decided I'm going to

0:30:33.760 --> 0:30:36.000
<v Speaker 3>be a matchmaker. I'll find you a new man.

0:30:36.320 --> 0:30:36.520
<v Speaker 5>Yeah.

0:30:37.040 --> 0:30:38.880
<v Speaker 3>I think that you're being harsh on yourself. I do

0:30:39.000 --> 0:30:41.400
<v Speaker 3>not think that you are being too rigid for having goals.

0:30:41.440 --> 0:30:44.040
<v Speaker 3>I think that having goals is really important, and we

0:30:44.240 --> 0:30:47.160
<v Speaker 3>know just from a research perspective that having goals means

0:30:47.240 --> 0:30:50.960
<v Speaker 3>that you're a happier person. Incredible. But I think that

0:30:51.640 --> 0:30:54.640
<v Speaker 3>you're now starting to feel like the fun Police, Like

0:30:54.760 --> 0:30:57.280
<v Speaker 3>you're feeling that resentment and as you said before, Jess,

0:30:57.280 --> 0:30:59.360
<v Speaker 3>it's not a good emotion to feel. But for me

0:31:00.520 --> 0:31:03.600
<v Speaker 3>is a little alarm bell that should be telling you, hey,

0:31:03.720 --> 0:31:06.920
<v Speaker 3>this arrangement doesn't feel fair anymore, Like there is some

0:31:07.320 --> 0:31:11.360
<v Speaker 3>type of discrepancy in that relationship and you're not going

0:31:11.440 --> 0:31:13.920
<v Speaker 3>to be surprised. Yess, what is it? What do you

0:31:14.000 --> 0:31:15.920
<v Speaker 3>think I'm going to say? Is the key here? Got

0:31:15.920 --> 0:31:20.840
<v Speaker 3>a big communication? But I really would sit down with him,

0:31:21.160 --> 0:31:25.400
<v Speaker 3>and you know, not when you're annoyed, like just when

0:31:25.480 --> 0:31:27.440
<v Speaker 3>you are starting to go all right, I want to

0:31:27.480 --> 0:31:29.920
<v Speaker 3>sit down and have a big, proper conversation and like

0:31:30.040 --> 0:31:32.680
<v Speaker 3>frame it less as you're spending too much and you're

0:31:32.720 --> 0:31:35.640
<v Speaker 3>not doing what I'm doing, but more like I've realized

0:31:35.680 --> 0:31:38.560
<v Speaker 3>that we have very different approaches to money, and I'm

0:31:38.600 --> 0:31:41.320
<v Speaker 3>starting to feel a little bit resentful of that because

0:31:41.400 --> 0:31:43.640
<v Speaker 3>you know, I'm trying really hard to achieve these goals

0:31:43.680 --> 0:31:47.280
<v Speaker 3>which I feel like you're benefiting from, but then you're

0:31:47.400 --> 0:31:50.080
<v Speaker 3>not actually contributing to those bigger goals and you're just

0:31:50.240 --> 0:31:53.959
<v Speaker 3>yellowing life. And you know, I'm making all these sacrifices

0:31:54.320 --> 0:31:57.200
<v Speaker 3>while also feeling like I'm being expected to keep up

0:31:57.240 --> 0:32:00.560
<v Speaker 3>with spending that doesn't align to those sacrifices that I'm making,

0:32:00.600 --> 0:32:02.560
<v Speaker 3>and I just I don't want this to become a

0:32:02.640 --> 0:32:04.840
<v Speaker 3>bigger issue, like I want to be on the same page.

0:32:04.960 --> 0:32:08.840
<v Speaker 3>Are we not working towards the same future? And yeah,

0:32:08.880 --> 0:32:12.000
<v Speaker 3>I would then get really specific. I love a smart goal,

0:32:12.320 --> 0:32:16.600
<v Speaker 3>but I also love that as a solution conversation. Does

0:32:16.640 --> 0:32:18.720
<v Speaker 3>that make sense? Like, I love using a smart goal,

0:32:18.840 --> 0:32:19.960
<v Speaker 3>I want a smart stand.

0:32:19.760 --> 0:32:20.280
<v Speaker 4>For back.

0:32:21.920 --> 0:32:22.560
<v Speaker 3>Solution.

0:32:25.400 --> 0:32:27.920
<v Speaker 5>We mentioned smart goals on a Friday episode Took Me

0:32:27.960 --> 0:32:29.240
<v Speaker 5>about you and Me and Beck.

0:32:29.160 --> 0:32:35.120
<v Speaker 3>Trying to fumble through each was so funny.

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<v Speaker 4>It's something like Solow Dear God.

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<v Speaker 3>In my book, I wrote about SotM goals instead of

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<v Speaker 3>smart goals because I feel like SotM goals like hit

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<v Speaker 3>the mark a little bit better for our community. So

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<v Speaker 3>that's about being specific the O. So yeah, SotM, I

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<v Speaker 3>was like, can we do spell? Oh? Is actually about

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<v Speaker 3>being optimistic because I don't think that you can set

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<v Speaker 3>a goal that you're not positive about. Like, if you're

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<v Speaker 3>setting a goal and you don't feel good, get rid

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<v Speaker 3>of it. T is timely and then M is measurable.

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<v Speaker 3>So it's about putting a framework around something. So just

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<v Speaker 3>asking hey, what are your savings goals to your partner,

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<v Speaker 3>they might go I've got none. Be like, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 3>let's backtrack. What do you want to achieve? Like five

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<v Speaker 3>years from now, what experiences do you want to have had?

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<v Speaker 3>What you know things do you want to own instead

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<v Speaker 3>of going oh, why no goal, which honestly feels so hard,

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<v Speaker 3>like that's like saying how much water is in the ocean?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, like that's not going to work for me.

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<v Speaker 3>But if I said to you, beck Hey, like in

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<v Speaker 3>five years, like what are some things that you want

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<v Speaker 3>to say that you've done? Like we could probably start

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<v Speaker 3>working towards creating some goals together and then you know

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<v Speaker 3>what lifestyle spending can you comfortably say no to? Like

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<v Speaker 3>are there some things that we could get rid of

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<v Speaker 3>that you know could become savings? And they might go

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<v Speaker 3>no none. You go, well, how do we have compromise?

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<v Speaker 3>Because everything life is about compromise. If we want a

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<v Speaker 3>bigger thing later, we've got to give up a smaller

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<v Speaker 3>thing now, and that can be really hard because the

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<v Speaker 3>smaller things they're good. Have you ever had an armored croissant?

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<v Speaker 3>Be so for real? But like a real fresh one?

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<v Speaker 3>That's the small thing It is hard to give up.

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<v Speaker 3>I get it, like walking past the bakery and they've

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<v Speaker 3>just pulled them out, Like I'm not saying, oh, giving

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<v Speaker 3>up small things is just so easy, Like we do

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<v Speaker 3>have to acknowledge that it's going to be challenging because

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<v Speaker 3>it's a lifestyle shift, But like, what can we give

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<v Speaker 3>up now for a bigger, better one later, whether that

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<v Speaker 3>is a house, whether that is even just food, Like

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<v Speaker 3>it could be, Hey, I'm going to budget my GROCERI

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<v Speaker 3>is a lot stricter, and I'm not going to do

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<v Speaker 3>all the nice dinners that I really love. Like if

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<v Speaker 3>you love having salmon every night, well I get it,

0:34:52.280 --> 0:34:53.640
<v Speaker 3>and you're like, well it's not that bad because I

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<v Speaker 3>get it at the supermarket and cook it myself. Okay,

0:34:56.239 --> 0:34:59.759
<v Speaker 3>but maybe instead of having the bougie weeknight dinners, we

0:34:59.840 --> 0:35:03.080
<v Speaker 3>have some like pretty staple basics, then we actually have

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<v Speaker 3>in the budget some money to go out on the

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<v Speaker 3>weekend with and we don't feel guilty because we're not

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<v Speaker 3>compromising our lifestyle anyway. I just think there's a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of conversation to be had, and you're not being too rigid,

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<v Speaker 3>You're being intentional, And I think that a conversation and

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<v Speaker 3>good communication is what you need to have right now,

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<v Speaker 3>because resentment honestly becomes a whole third person in your relationship. True,

0:35:28.200 --> 0:35:30.960
<v Speaker 3>Like it just becomes a whole thing. Absolutely, Like if

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<v Speaker 3>you resent someone, like, oh, it's just a whole other

0:35:35.080 --> 0:35:38.360
<v Speaker 3>emotion that you just don't need. Well, that's my opinion, anyway,

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<v Speaker 3>what did everybody else say?

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<v Speaker 6>Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>They were spicy. So the first question I asked the

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<v Speaker 3>community was have you ever felt like a partner's financial

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<v Speaker 3>habits were impacting your own goals? My friends, you are

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<v Speaker 3>not alone? Sixty eight percent of you said yes. The

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<v Speaker 3>next question I asked was should a higher spender contribute

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<v Speaker 3>more towards shared lifestyle costs? So I found to this interesting.

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<v Speaker 3>Twenty four percent of you said yes, are they twenty four?

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<v Speaker 3>Twelve percent said no, and then sixty four percent said, well,

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<v Speaker 3>it actually depends what the expense is.

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<v Speaker 4>That's fairy.

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<v Speaker 3>I thought that was fair too. The next question we

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<v Speaker 3>asked was do you think couples need to have similar

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<v Speaker 3>money values for a relationship to work? Eighty three percent

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<v Speaker 3>of you said yes, and then I said, all right,

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<v Speaker 3>what is your two cents? A lot of people had

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<v Speaker 3>the same conversation as us. Communication talk to them. So

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<v Speaker 3>I've just wiped all of those comments out because, like

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<v Speaker 3>we can only say it so many times. First person said,

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<v Speaker 3>being together, my partner's actually matured. We split on income percentage,

0:36:40.520 --> 0:36:43.960
<v Speaker 3>and his fun money is just his someone else said,

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<v Speaker 3>are you confusing our goals with your goals? Do you

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<v Speaker 3>even want the same things in life?

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<v Speaker 5>Which again is like a bigger conversation around you know,

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<v Speaker 5>it's okay to have different goals.

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<v Speaker 3>Located to different people.

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<v Speaker 5>I think you need to be, but if you're going

0:36:58.360 --> 0:37:01.480
<v Speaker 5>two different places, sometimes that doesn't always work.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, someone else said, you need to sit him down

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<v Speaker 3>and talk about a shared budget even though you don't

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<v Speaker 3>have shared savings, it's important to be on the same page,

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<v Speaker 3>which I think is true. Like, even before I shared

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<v Speaker 3>money with Steve, we had sat down and talked about

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<v Speaker 3>budgeting and talked about where we were allocating our income,

0:37:19.480 --> 0:37:22.120
<v Speaker 3>Like I knew what his budget looked like, even though

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't have access or didn't spend any of his money.

0:37:24.960 --> 0:37:26.920
<v Speaker 3>And we didn't even have a shared account because we

0:37:26.960 --> 0:37:28.800
<v Speaker 3>didn't need one at that point. And I think you

0:37:28.880 --> 0:37:31.600
<v Speaker 3>were like this too, just where we didn't need a

0:37:31.640 --> 0:37:33.680
<v Speaker 3>shared account for rent or anything, because we just told

0:37:33.719 --> 0:37:36.360
<v Speaker 3>our rental company, oh, I do fifty, he does fifty,

0:37:36.520 --> 0:37:38.799
<v Speaker 3>and then it would just get taken out of our

0:37:38.840 --> 0:37:40.799
<v Speaker 3>respective bank accounts each month. Yeah, when we.

0:37:40.880 --> 0:37:42.560
<v Speaker 5>Moved in together, we have a shared account for like

0:37:42.640 --> 0:37:46.600
<v Speaker 5>groceries and stuff, but everything else we pretty much keep separate.

0:37:46.600 --> 0:37:49.520
<v Speaker 3>It's our own money. Yeah, See, everyone's different. We didn't

0:37:49.600 --> 0:37:51.719
<v Speaker 3>do that. I would do groceries and stuff and then

0:37:51.760 --> 0:37:53.719
<v Speaker 3>he would pay for fixed bills and like it would

0:37:53.800 --> 0:37:56.319
<v Speaker 3>kind of all come out in the wash. It's just again,

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<v Speaker 3>if one of you.

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<v Speaker 5>Was, like if me or my I don't know, one

0:37:59.080 --> 0:38:00.719
<v Speaker 5>of us was happy in one of it wasn't, then

0:38:00.760 --> 0:38:03.520
<v Speaker 5>you go, oh god, nightmare right, Oh yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Exactly, it's a problem. And thankfully we've always been on

0:38:06.600 --> 0:38:08.960
<v Speaker 3>the same page. But there's been people I've dated, like

0:38:09.080 --> 0:38:12.120
<v Speaker 3>prior to being married and obviously, but like that, I've

0:38:12.160 --> 0:38:14.880
<v Speaker 3>been on very different pages with and even operated with

0:38:15.040 --> 0:38:18.760
<v Speaker 3>them differently. Like I was in a relationship before Steve

0:38:18.880 --> 0:38:22.799
<v Speaker 3>for a very long time, even that situation was completely different. Again,

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<v Speaker 3>so it's not even just like that's how Victoria operates.

0:38:25.680 --> 0:38:28.080
<v Speaker 3>It's like every relationship is different.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Someone else said, we have two children and a mortgage

0:38:32.200 --> 0:38:34.800
<v Speaker 3>and just contribute an equal amount of shared expenses. My

0:38:34.880 --> 0:38:36.960
<v Speaker 3>husband and I have been together for eight years and

0:38:37.080 --> 0:38:39.360
<v Speaker 3>we still don't share money because I think he spends

0:38:39.480 --> 0:38:42.040
<v Speaker 3>too much. It works really well for us, and there's

0:38:42.120 --> 0:38:44.040
<v Speaker 3>no guilt and then I can actually buy what I

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<v Speaker 3>want and set goals that are.

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<v Speaker 4>Just for me.

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<v Speaker 1>That's good.

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<v Speaker 3>I kind of like that definitely, But you need to

0:38:50.040 --> 0:38:52.200
<v Speaker 3>sit down and go, okay, cool, because if you're not

0:38:52.320 --> 0:38:55.120
<v Speaker 3>living together and they are kind of just like spending money,

0:38:55.200 --> 0:38:57.800
<v Speaker 3>willy nilly, yeah, not really different story to you, a

0:38:57.880 --> 0:39:00.160
<v Speaker 3>different story. But if you're living together and you're like, well,

0:39:00.239 --> 0:39:03.480
<v Speaker 3>these are our goals, this is what we're achieving anyway.

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<v Speaker 3>Another person said, I don't actually think this is an

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<v Speaker 3>issue if they can afford their lifestyle and can meet

0:39:08.400 --> 0:39:12.000
<v Speaker 3>their savings goals at fair point. Another person said, I

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<v Speaker 3>really think that you need to be spending on a budget.

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<v Speaker 3>Anything falling outside of this and they want to do

0:39:18.120 --> 0:39:21.880
<v Speaker 3>with you, they have to front the upfront cost. And

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<v Speaker 3>then this one's like maybe stroking my ego a little bit.

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<v Speaker 3>And this is where I'm going to end it. They said,

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<v Speaker 3>until I found your podcast, I was the highest spender,

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<v Speaker 3>and I was the one who had my head in

0:39:32.120 --> 0:39:34.840
<v Speaker 3>the sand, had no idea that it was even a problem.

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<v Speaker 3>Financial education changed that for me.

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<v Speaker 4>Gorgeous.

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<v Speaker 3>Maybe say to your partner, I get a podcast you love,

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<v Speaker 3>solve all your problems, and you know what, if they

0:39:47.440 --> 0:39:50.400
<v Speaker 3>don't love it, you can still stay. Do not worry?

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<v Speaker 3>All right, well, my friends, when it comes to money chats,

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<v Speaker 3>I don't think that there is any time like the present,

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