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How the heck do you pick financial goals when 1 in 4 people are unemployed, there are murder hornets, police are battering people in the streets for having the audacity to say that black men shouldn't die at the hands of cops, and everything feels a little...well, stressful? When the world is on fire, how can you care about your 401K? AND HOW CAN YOU HELP!?

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How do you choose which things to spend more more money on - and what things can you cheap out on? Listeners write in with their best consumer investments and how these splurges improve their lives. People splurge on cooking equipment, knives, shoes, bras, and gym memberships.

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It's 4th of July (American Independence Day), so here's an episode about things that America does differently in personal finance. America America - this is a place most of our listeners, according to our analytics, live. To celebrate independence day, I thought I would talk about some of the things that the US does differently in personal finance, and some of the things they do that are the same.

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Saving up that first emergency fund can be hard - especially if you don't make a lot of money, if murphy keeps knocking on your door and stealing from your savings, or if you have variable income. So we asked listeners to share their stories of how they saved their first emergency funds.

Here are different methods:

-The automatic sneaky savings method - including using an app

The shoebox under the bed method

The side hustle method

The tax refund method

Ramping down debt repayment while saving method

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Check out our transcript and full show notes

The full transcript and show notes are provided by our patrons in the Purrsonal Finance Society. This episode was underwritten by patron Tamsen G Association, Warrior Queen, and Chris Giddings. Find the transcript and show notes at ohmydollar.com

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Money mistakes. We’ve all made them. Those blunders or miscalculations that end up costing you money – and maybe upset a financial stability you’ve worked to build. Jen Hemphill, the author of Her Money Matters, joins us to talk about messy money mistakes and money stories. Check out her book and podcast here: https://jenhemphill.com/book

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