3101: 19 Ways to Be Better Today Than Yesterday by J. Money of Budgets Are Sexy on Self-Improvement

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🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3101: J. Money of BudgetsAreSexy.com shares a poignant reflection prompted by a chance encounter, leading to "19 Ways to Be Better Today than Yesterday." This article serves as a reminder of the importance of kindness, self-improvement, and the value of small actions in making a significant impact on ourselves and those around us. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://budgetsaresexy.com/ways-to-be-better-today-than-yesterday/ Quotes to ponder: "I always wanted to be someone better the next day than I was the day before." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is optimal living daily episode 3101.
0:04.0	19 ways to be better today than yesterday.
0:08.0	By J Money of Budgets are sexy.com.
0:10.0	And I'm your narrator Justin Molick.
0:12.0	I read to you every single day of the year from the best articles and blogs I can find to help both you and me have a bit more inspiration, motivation, and happiness in our day. and this is all with permission of course.
0:26.4	So with that let's get right to it as we optimize your life.
0:31.1	19 ways to be better today than yesterday by J-Money of Budgets Are Sexy.
0:41.8	Okay, so today was supposed to be a post about hustling and earning more money.
0:47.0	And then it changed when I offered up my seats to an
0:55.0	older couple 15 minutes ago, I'm at Starbucks, and they started reading an email they got out loud,
0:57.0	which said, in a nutshell,
0:59.0	someone very close to them just passed away suddenly.
1:02.0	Now it's time to start planning their
1:04.3	funeral. And then came the uncontrollable crying and coming to terms with stuff
1:09.9	and then back to the crying again and repeat on rotation.
1:14.0	So horrible. I don't even know these people and I'm feeling their pain.
1:19.0	They just left which is why I'm now writing all this to you, and the saddest part was hearing
1:25.2	them whisper back, thank you to me as they left, as if they knew us fully aware of their
1:30.4	situation, which of course I was, even though I tried to pretend I wasn't there.
1:35.8	And now of course there's no way I can go back to writing about money, which would just
1:40.1	sound so callous and wrong. Who cares about that stuff when people are dying around you, right?
1:46.8	Isn't that the point of it all to live a better life anyways? Without that, it's gone.
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