84. “We spend 98% of what we make—but we refuse to change our lifestyle”

Money For Couples

Ramit Sethi

Relationships, Society & Culture, Investing, Business

4.6 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Kristine is 32 and Thomas is 35. They’re raising three children in the Midwest. They love their jobs, are happy with their incomes, and just upgraded to a third, much larger, home. Everything is good–except that they’re going broke. With astronomical fixed costs, something’s got to give. This episode is brought to you by: Rocket Money | Stop throwing your money away. Cancel unwanted subscriptions – and manage your expenses the easy way – by going to RocketMoney.com/ramit. DeleteMe | if you want to get your personal information removed from the web, go to joindeleteme.com/ramit and get 20% off a plan for you or your entire family. Links mentioned in this episode Get my New York Times best-selling book Get my no-numbers journal Get Money Coaching with Ramit Connect with Ramit Download the Conscious Spending Plan Other episodes Instagram Twitter YouTube If you and your partner have a money issue and you want my help, I occasionally select a couple to work with, free of charge. Apply for my help here. Produced by Crate Media.

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0:00.0	Have you heard people talking about the hedonic treadmill, the idea that once you start spending money on certain things
0:06.8	You're not going to enjoy it anymore and then they usually tell you this so therefore don't get on the hedonic treadmill
0:12.9	Don't spend any money if you get a raise bank at all. I don't love that advice. It's just getting people to play small
0:19.3	I would rather you have a philosophy or a framework on how to know when you are ready to spend more in my life
0:28.2	If you told me remit you can't stay at nice hotels
0:31.8	That would actually be very difficult for me because those things are important to me
0:36.2	For a lot of people if they own a house and you say you can't afford it anymore
0:39.9	You've got a rent or move into an apartment. They would find that incredibly difficult
0:44.4	I don't want you to be afraid of the hedonic treadmill and worry about spending money on anything because you're just gonna
0:49.9	Get used to it. So don't do it at all. No, I want you to have a more nuanced perspective on money
0:55.0	That's why this Saturday on my podcast newsletter. I'm going to share six main areas where once you spend money
1:01.6	It's really difficult to go back and my philosophy is to make sure that you are ready
1:07.5	To move up the value chain before you ever spend money on these things
1:11.9	I set my life up so I would never have to take a step back when it comes to nice hotels
1:16.6	I want you to do the same for the important things in your life get on the newsletter at iwt.com slash podcast newsletter
1:24.2	I'm only sending this particular newsletter out on Saturday, August 12th after that you will not be able to access it
1:30.4	Iwt.com slash podcast newsletter
1:36.2	We love both enjoy and like our jobs
1:39.9	Our three kids aren't going anywhere. We want them to have a nice childhood
1:43.9	We want to live the way we're still living without the burden of knowing every single dollar that we make is allocated
1:52.3	To someone. We don't want to move. I don't care about cars like
1:59.2	We could buy a dry less expensive cars and that's fine with me. This is our forever home. I mean I we don't
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