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561: Lifestyle Inflation - But I'm Not Upset by Michelle Schroeder-Gardner of MakingSenseOfCents.com

Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice

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🗓️ 23 April 2018

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Michelle Schroeder-Gardner of Making Sense of Cents shares why lifestyle inflation happens and how to think about it. Episode 561: Lifestyle Inflation - But I'm Not Upset by Michelle Schroeder-Gardner of MakingSenseOfCents.com (Personal Finance). Michelle Schroeder-Gardner created Making Sense of Cents in order to help improve her own finances. With diligence, she was able to pay off $38,000 in student debt in 7 months, kept track of progress, and helped readers along the way. She's currently touring North America and living out of an RV. You can learn more about her and see her monthly income reports at MakingSenseOfCents.com. The original post is located here: https://www.makingsenseofcents.com/2013/03/case-of-lifestyle-inflation.html Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Episode 561.

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Lifestyle inflation, but I'm not upset by Michelle Schroeder Gardner of Making Sense of Sense.com.

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

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For now let's get right to today's post and start optimizing your life.

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Lifestyle Inflation, but I'm not upset, by Michelle Schroeder Gardner of Making

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Sense of Sense.com.

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As I said in my post, No New House for Now and $2323 an extra income, we bought a new car.

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Surprisingly, no one yelled at me.

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