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Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

517: 10 Things Americans Waste Time On by J. Money of Budgets Are Sexy

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

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4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Inspired by FreeMoneyFinance, J. Money of Budgets Are Sexy shares his take on the 10 things Americans waste their money on. Episode 517: 10 Things Americans Waste Time On by J. Money of Budgets Are Sexy (Tips for Living Frugally - American Consumerism). 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: http://www.budgetsaresexy.com/10-things-americans-waste-money-on 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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0:00.0

This is Optimal Finance Daily, episode 517.

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Ten Things Americans Waste Time On

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by J Money of Budgets Are Sexy.com.

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And I am Dan, your host.

0:10.5

Welcome to another edition of Optimal finance daily where I read to you

0:14.1

from some of the best personal finance blogs on the planet and today's post is

0:18.1

from J Money and we're going to keep this intro nice and short and get right to it

0:21.7

so let's start optimizing your life.

0:24.0

10 things Americans waste time on by J Money of Budgets Are Sexy.com.

0:34.8

The average life of a personal finance blog is pretty small in the grand scheme of things.

0:39.4

Most bloggers can make it past the first two months without burning out or giving up, but many will stop way

0:44.2

before they hit their first anniversary.

0:46.6

Then you have the hustlers that make it to years two and three and even four, putting them

0:50.5

in the top 5% of all bloggers,

0:52.5

and anyone who makes it past year five

0:54.4

is just a total bat-s when it comes down to it.

0:56.8

Ah, thank you.

0:58.4

After bats, indeed, there's just one last level.

1:00.8

Granddaddy Hood.

1:02.1

The bloggers who have been sharing their

1:03.7

thoughts for almost a decade on money and who really pioneered our little sliver

1:07.5

of the online world here. Those like JD from Get Rich Slowly, Trent Ham

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