A Week In Her Wallet: A Divorced 47-Year-Old Bringing In $10K A Month

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Jean Chatzky Her Money

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Jennifer, 47, lives in Maryland, with her partner of 12 years. She’s the Vice President of Communications for a consulting firm. Her partner is a teacher and voice actor, and together they make about $300,000 a year. In this week’s A Week In Her Wallet, Jennifer tracks seven days of spending that include thoughtful gift-giving, a haircut she happily budgets for, a hefty mortgage payment on her beach home, and a few well-earned indulgences. 💬 In this episode: How Jennifer manages separate finances in a long-term relationship Why she’s accelerating payments on her second home The emotional payoff of responsible splurging What she’s learned about aligning money with happiness If more financial confidence sounds good to you, then you might want to try… ⁠4-Week Coaching Program⁠: Identify and understand your spending, build a strategic plan, and take control of your money. ⁠6-Week Pre-Retirement Program⁠: We’ll help you prepare financially and emotionally for this exciting milestone. 📈⁠InvestingFixx⁠: Learn, connect, and start investing—your first month is completely free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.7	episode of our series, A Week in Her Wallet, where we spend seven days tracking one woman's
1:13.1	real life spending and see how it reflects her values, priorities, and plans for the future.
1:19.1	This week we're with Jennifer. She lives with her a long-term partner of 12 years, works full-time
1:25.0	in a high-powered position and owns beach property in Delaware.
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