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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

3714: Just Do You by J. Money of Budgets Are Sexy on How to Find True Financial Confidence

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2025

⏱️ 8 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 3714: J. Money shares a candid reminder to stop chasing other people’s financial milestones and instead build a life that fits your own priorities. Through relatable money confessions and a dose of humor, he shows how embracing your quirks and values can lead to true financial confidence. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://budgetsaresexy.com/just-do-you/ Quotes to ponder: "Money is important, but it’s not the only important thing in life." "Figure out what YOU truly want out of life, and then design your finances to get you there." "The whole point of money is to help you live the life you want, not to be the life you want." Episode references: Mr. Money Mustache: https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/ Afford Anything: https://affordanything.com/ The Minimalists Podcast: https://www.theminimalists.com/podcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.8

Do You by J Money of Budgetsarsexy.com. And I'm Justin Mollick, your host and narrator.

1:10.1

And I'll let's get right to it as we optimize

1:12.0

her alive.

1:17.0

Just Do You by J.Money of Budgets Are Sexy.com.

1:22.2

You know those times when people look down at you for something, or think you're a complete

1:26.7

and utter whack job, or stare at you

1:29.3

as if you're going to murder their children just because your hair stands tall in spikes.

1:34.1

Well, to those people, we say, I'm going to do me, and you can s-h-it. Nike may have popularized

1:41.8

Just-do it, but I say, just do you.

1:45.6

Live your life on your own terms and stick to what makes you happy, successful, and motivated.

1:51.4

I don't care if it's collecting marbles to hawk or running barefoot to work every day to save a couple of bucks, so that would be something.

1:58.8

You do what you need to do to reach your goals and let the people

2:02.5

ogle. What does it concern them? Not to be Aesop's number one fan this month, but here's another

2:09.2

great story which captures this nicely. A man and his son were once going to the market with their

2:14.8

donkey. As they were walking along by its side, a countryman

2:18.2

passed them and said, you fools, what is a donkey for but to ride upon? So the man put the boy on the

2:25.0

donkey and they went on their way. But soon they passed a group of men, one of whom said,

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