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🗓️ 5 August 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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0:00.0 | This is Optimal Finance Daily Episode 1609, |
0:03.7 | want to live a happier financial life by Eric Carter of FinancialFinesse.com. |
0:09.2 | And I'm your host and personal finance enthusiast, Diana Mariam. |
0:13.4 | This is the show where I read to you and to myself, frankly, |
0:16.8 | from some of the best personal finance blogs on the planet. |
0:19.6 | Every single day, we're surrounded by messages |
0:23.0 | of how difficult it can be to make ends meet and build wealth. |
0:26.6 | So thank you for spending this time with me, where we can empower ourselves to take control |
0:31.6 | of our financial health. And now let's get right to today's post and start optimizing your life. |
0:41.8 | Want to live a happier financial life by Eric Carter of FinancialFinesse.com. |
0:48.2 | Very rarely do I find a personal finance article that resonates with me as much as one I recently |
0:54.0 | read called how to live a happier financial life. First, I love the title. |
0:59.2 | When it comes to finances, sometimes we get so caught up in the numbers |
1:03.2 | that we forget the whole point is about maximizing happiness, not money. |
1:08.8 | Sometimes that means spending more money on certain things, but often it actually means spending less. |
1:14.7 | The articles following points do a good job of differentiating which is which. |
1:19.6 | Biggest time-waster. Commuting. I remember hearing that the length of their commute is the |
1:26.7 | biggest indicator of how unhappy someone is. I don't know how accurate that is, but there has |
1:32.4 | to be some truth in it. After all, time spent commuting is less time doing whatever else would |
1:38.3 | make you happier, whether that be a hobby, spending time with family or friends, sleeping, or even |
1:44.6 | working. That's why they say time is money. Yet when people are choosing where to live, |
1:50.0 | the length of their commute tends to play second fiddle to sexier topics like how nice the home is, |
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