Building a Guilt Free Budget | Listener Intervention
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin

Building a Guilt Free Budget | Listener Intervention

B1IntermediateAugust 26, 202648 min
  • Interview
  • Business & money

Kate has good money habits. She's saving, she's investing, she's automated her high-yield savings account. So why does she still feel like she's behind? Today, Nicole sits down with a Money Rehab listener for a real-life financial intervention, digging into the exact questions so many 20-somethings are quietly Googling at 1am. Kate walks Nicole through her real numbers: what she earns, what she spends, and how she's splitting money between a Roth IRA, a brokerage account, and student loan payments. Nicole breaks down the actual mechanics she never learned, like why you need cash in the account...

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I feel like I'm so overwhelmed by just everything being out there and like news outlets, social media. I feel like I need to be doing better. It seemed like I'm behind.

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Today I'm talking to Kate. She has some good money habits, but she wants to know specifically what she should be doing now to better set herself up to reach her money goals. I think I do best when I have a goal.

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Every time like I say goal, like that goal just keeps moving further and further and further away. The first 100K saved is the hardest, but that is actually the level

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