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How to Budget Your Money Without Cutting Coffee (Ep. 174)
Category: Education
Duration: 01:26:35
Publish Date: 2017-08-28 06:00:00
Description:

Money may be the root of all evil, but it's certainly much easier to do good if you've got it. We talk a bit about budgeting and how we handle our finances.

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Timestamps:

  • 0:00:28 – Some info about the tea
  • 0:02:12 – Defining your financial goals and retiring like Mr. Money Mustache
  • 0:12:44 – Automating payments and finances in general
  • 0:16:50 – Visualizing your finances through the money pipeline analogy
  • 0:18:03 – Filling up the essential money pipeline “buckets”
  • 0:26:57 – Managing the remaining “buckets” based on your personal needs
  • 0:35:15 – Dealing with non-monthly, yet predictable expenses
  • 0:37:43 – Sacrificing fun and happiness in favor of important expenses
  • 0:43:32 – Sponsor: FreshBooks (Working as a freelancer)
  • 0:46:17 – Martin’s budgeting method
  • 0:55:08 – Keeping track of expenses and more on trading happiness for money
  • 1:06:32 – Tips and benefits of using credit cards
  • 1:15:55 – Being a deadbeat vs having a lot of credit card debt
  • 1:22:36 – Recap and conclusion

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