Hey everyone, it's Jean Chatsky. Welcome to Her Money and an episode of our new series

A Week in Her Wallet. So here's the plan. Each week, we invite a woman from the Her Money

community to track her spending for seven days and then reflect on not only what she spent but why she spent it

because we know money's not just about what's in the bank it's about priorities and relationships

and how we move through the world and today lizzie'szie's here. Lizzie is 41.

She is married, a mom of two young kids.

She's a chiropractor, and she lives in a small town in New England where she's raising her family, running her practice, and like all of us, navigating the costs of modern

life.

So just a few details on Lizzie. This week, she is going to share with us a

decision to skip a thousand dollar concert in favor of a more meaningful summer, why she's

passionate about supporting local businesses, and how she and her husband make money decisions

together. Lizzie, thank you so much for being here and

thanks for doing this. Oh, it was my pleasure. I jumped at the opportunity when I saw it in the email

because it just seemed like a kind of a fun exercise to participate in. Well, why? I mean,

a lot of people I think would hear track your spending and go, oh my God, please, no, never.

Yeah, that's a fair question. I think over the years, I've become more interested in my own

personal finances. And when I first started to get really serious about it was when my first

daughter was a baby. And so it had truthfully been a really long time since I had done this kind of exercise of really carefully monitoring everything.

As we've kind of had more things on autopilot, I've taken a step back from like the micro minutia of everyday spending, but which I think overall has been helpful.

But I thought, oh, this would be a really good opportunity to dive in and look at where I'm at

these days.

So tell me a little bit more about you.

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