A Week In Her Wallet: What It Really Costs To Travel Full-Time For Work On A $150K Salary

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Jean Chatzky Her Money

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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This week on A Week In Her Wallet, we head to Atlanta to follow Kristen, a 40-something clinical researcher who earns about $150K a year and travels nearly full-time for work. She walks us through a week of thoughtful spending, including a $1,300 mortgage payment, $500 toward her HELOC, a $150 yard sale win (promptly spent on music festival tickets), and the small joys that keep her grounded when she’s on the road so much. 💬 In this episode: Why she bought a home on her own at 30 How she’s navigating a HELOC payoff The hidden costs of business travel (and the perks) Her favorite splurges and values-based spending What she’s learned from tracking her money for one week Want to better understand your financial mindset? Take our MoneyType quiz to learn how your personality influences your spending. And if you’re ready to get serious about your budget, check out our FinanceFixx program — real coaching, real results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.5	Hey everyone, welcome to Her Money. I'm Gene Chatsky, and today we're diving into another installment of our special series A Week in Her Wallet, where we follow real women from our community as they track their spending
1:11.5	and unpack the emotions, values, and tradeoffs behind each dollar. Because when it comes to money,
1:18.3	the what is important, but the why is where it gets personal. This week, we're heading to Atlanta,
1:24.7	Georgia, to meet Kristen. She is a single professional in her 40s
1:28.8	with a big job that has her traveling several times a month. This particular week was no exception.
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