2309: You Spend Money Because You’re Bored by Charlie Brown

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🗓️ 16 May 2023

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Charlie Brown of Simple and Straightforward insists that you spend money because you're bored Episode 2309: You Spend Money Because You’re Bored by Charlie Brown Simple and Straightforward questions everything we think of as normal. This publication may have its roots in minimalism and simple living, but it goes so much beyond decluttering and living with less. It's about deciphering the complexities of modern life one article at a time. It covers: Culture and society, especially their influence on our lives Travel, specifically how travel can shape our perception of what is "normal" Digital life, questioning our all-encompassing relationship with the online world Food with a focus on recipes designed around reducing food waste Highly curated recommendations for the best intentional living content on the internet The original post is located here: https://themakingofamillionaire.com/you-spend-money-because-youre-bored-26d8fa1be4af Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Interested in advertising on the show? https://www.advertisecast.com/OptimalFinanceDaily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Finance Daily Episode 20309.
0:04.5	You spend money because you're bored by Charlie Brown of Simple and Straight Forward.
0:10.4	Substack.com
0:12.8	And I'm your host and personal finance enthusiast, Diana Mariam.
0:16.8	Hello again and welcome to Optimal Finance Daily, the show where I read to you from some
0:22.1	of the best money blogs on the web, each and every day of the week, with the author's
0:26.5	permission of course.
0:28.4	So let's hear today's post and start optimizing your life.
0:36.2	You spend money because you're bored by Charlie Brown of Simple and Straight Forward.
0:42.0	Substack.com
0:45.4	Humans spend roughly 30% of their time bored out of their brains and companies know exactly
0:50.8	how to capitalize on that.
0:52.8	We are very, very good at stemming boredom with spending money.
0:57.6	It's been like that forever.
0:59.4	Did anyone else spend time at the mall as a 90s kid because there was literally nothing
1:03.8	else to do?
1:05.4	Nowadays you don't need to go anywhere because there's the internet, Amazon, Shine, Etsy,
1:11.6	Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.
1:14.8	Companies that are very happy to serve you some boredom zapping purchasing options 24 hours
1:20.0	a day and we're only too happy to oblige them.
1:24.5	Here's another way, stem the boredom, stem the spending.
1:30.0	What you really want is to be profoundly stimulated.
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