AAR03 - Tips to Balance Your Budget

The Investing for Beginners Podcast - Your Path to Financial Freedom

Andrew Sather & Glassbox Media

Business, Investing

4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of At Any Rate, the focus is on making sustainable financial changes through budgeting. Host Evan Raidt and guest Dave Ahern discuss the importance of budgeting, common misconceptions, and practical steps to create an effective budget. They emphasize that budgeting is not about restriction but about making informed choices to reach financial goals. They also share their personal budgeting methods and tips for managing finances realistically. The episode encourages listeners to take immediate action by setting up a basic budget and adjusting it over time for long-term success. 00:00 Introduction and Welcome 02:46 The Importance of Budgeting 04:54 Common Misconceptions About Budgeting 08:07 Personal Budgeting Experiences 13:03 Practical Budgeting Tips and Frameworks 35:49 Handling Financial Emergencies 38:19 Final Thoughts and Encouragement Timestamps are generated by artificial intelligence, and are not 100% accurate depending on the platform used for listening. Today’s show is sponsored by: Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SHOPIFY.COM/beginners⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to start selling with Shopify today. Get your summer savings and shop premium wireless plans at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MintMobile.com/beginners⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stop overpaying for car insurance - So before you renew your policy, do yourself a favor—download the Jerry app or head to ⁠⁠JERRY dot AI slash BEGINNERS⁠⁠ What do Dave and Andrew recommend? Our #1 recommended stock research platform is FinChat (now Fiscal.ai). Get 2 weeks access for free using our link (no card required): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠fiscal.ai/ifb⁠⁠⁠⁠ Andrew works really hard to find the best insights he can every single month at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Value Spotlight⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. To see a sample of his previous work, go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠stockwriteup.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Have questions? Send them to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SUBSCRIBE TO THE SHOW ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amazon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tunein⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For sponsorship inquiries, reach out to us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:27.7	Welcome back. I hope you've had a beautiful week. Welcome back to at any rate with me, Evan Wright, and we're here to help you make sustainable financial changes with as little effort as possible trying not to break a sweat. As a reminder, this is a weekly series that we're covering, personal finance topic specifically. The Investor for Beginners podcast has not affected whatsoever. Still going to get your same beautiful content over there,
1:32.1	but we're going to be over here focused on the basics of personal finances. And I know
1:36.5	you'll be excited to hear that we have Dave Ahern back again with us this week. And I know he's
1:40.6	going to be perfect for this discussion because he had so much time working into banking industry.
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