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This is Optimal Finance Daily episode 789, wish you were here by Mr Money Mustache of Mr Money Mustache.

And I am Dan, I'm your host here on the podcast

and this is where I read to you from some of the

best personal finance blogs on the planet and now let's get right to today's

post as we optimize your life. Oh, hello there. I just noticed we're already about two weeks into the annual

M. M. M. Family vacation. It has certainly been reflected in the wimpy blog

posting schedule even while readership seems to be on a growth spurt due to the influence of frugal

dead. There have been times in the last week out swimming in a remote lake far from any

internet access that I forgot I was even Mr. Money Mustache. This vacation has been making it easy to forget since I've been

living a very non-M-M-Stachean life for the duration. Leaving the cushion of my simple life at home and

the harmonious vibes of you, the Triple M readers, I've been confronted by the real world,

which unsurprisingly has continued on its regular self-destructive path even as we have been

quietly grooming our stashes in secret.

I managed to stay in character for the first day.

After burning up a season's worth of gas driving the construction minivan a quarter of the

way across the continent, I reached Des Moines, Iowa at around midnight.

Inspired by this blog and not organized enough to find a reasonable hotel there for less than

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