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398: You've Blown Your Budget. Here's What to Do Next by Kristin Wong

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

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Self-improvement, Education, Business, Investing

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🗓️ 6 September 2017

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Kristin Wong of The Wild Wong shares what to do if you've blown your budget. Episode 398: You've Blown Your Budget. Here's What to Do Next by Kristin Wong (Debt & Financial Habits). Kristin Wong is a freelance writer and journalist who writes for Lifehacker, Mentalfloss, and New York Magazine. She frequently covers travel, personal finance, and human behavior. Kristin launched her own blog, www.thewildwong.com, to write about life as a work-from-anywhere freelancer. She aims to help other creative entrepreneurs navigate the tricky world of freelancing, from managing money to traveling the world to staying productive and getting stuff done. Kristin is a self-professed money geek and is slated to publish a book about personal finance in March of 2018. The original post is located here: http://www.thewildwong.com/how-to-budget-when-youve-blown-it Please Rate & Review the Show! Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com & in The O.L.D. Podcasts Facebook Group! and Join the Ol' Family to get your Free Gifts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This is Optimal Finance daily episode 398.

0:33.7

You've blown your budget.

0:35.2

Here's what to do next by Kristen Wong of the Wild Wong.com

0:39.2

and I'm Dan your host and this is where I read to you from some of the best blogs on personal finance.

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1:04.8

Kristen as we optimize your life.

1:09.2

You've blown your budget here's what to do next by Kristen Wong of the Wild Wong.com.

1:18.7

You finally learned how to budget. It's Friday, payday, and you've budgeted $100 to last the whole weekend.

1:25.0

That should be plenty for a couple of nice meals, a trip to the museum, and maybe even a cocktail or two.

1:30.0

Then you get a text from an old friend,

1:33.0

hey I'm in town let's go out. You do go out. You see a movie.

1:37.0

After you're hungry and there's this fancy burger joint that your friend would just love, so you go.

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