2329: How Acne Made Me More Frugal by Jess Chua on Good Spending Habits

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

Optimal Living Daily LLC

Business, Education, Investing, Self-improvement

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Jess Chua with Budgets Are Sexy talks about how acne made her more frugal Episode 2329: How Acne Made Me More Frugal by Jess Chua on Good Spending Habits J. Money is a 6’1, hyperactive, rock a ‘hawk who loves drinking beer, blaring hip-hop, talking about money, and now playing with his two adorable baby boys. He tracked his expenses for 3 months, made a budget, read some books, and stumbled into personal finance blogging and idea sharing, randomly turning BudgetsAreSexy.com into his full time “real job” a few short years later--14 million views later! The original post is located here: https://budgetsaresexy.com/how-acne-made-me-more-frugal/ 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

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is Optimal Finance Daily, Episode 2329.
0:04.5	How Acne Made Me More Frugal by Jess Chua with budgetsorsexy.com
0:10.4	And I'm your host and personal finance enthusiast, Diana Mariam.
0:14.2	I'm here narrating for you every single day from some of the best articles on the web when
0:18.9	it comes to money and finance.
0:21.1	So with that, let's get right to today's post as we optimize your life.
0:29.6	How Acne Made Me More Frugal by Jess Chua with budgetsorsexy.com
0:36.1	I managed to sail through my teenage years without much trouble regarding the skin on my face.
0:41.5	This all changed in my early 20s when a sudden onset of acne overtook my once smooth and
0:47.2	blemish free complexion.
0:49.2	Oivey.
0:51.0	It was a definite hit to my self-esteem initially, and the stress and frustration became a vicious
0:56.4	negative cycle that fed itself.
0:59.4	Without this harrowing but enlightening experience, I learned several lessons about frugality
1:04.0	and minimalism.
1:05.8	I had always been a somewhat thrifty person, most of the time, but dealing with acne made
1:11.2	me more conscious of my approach to money, consumerism, and budgeting.
1:15.8	Here's what my acne battle taught me.
1:19.1	Number 1.
1:20.1	Sometimes you don't get what you pay for.
1:23.6	At the prompting of several concerned friends and family members, I bought a month subscription
1:28.2	to a well-known acne treatment system.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Optimal Living Daily LLC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Optimal Living Daily LLC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.