Are We Treading Water?
Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger
Audacy
4.6 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2019
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Even if you're in good financial shape, it's not uncommon to feel like you're treading water. In fact, I think it's quite natural to feel that way, so I definitely don't think Lisa from Minnesota is on her own as she tries to navigate the emotional rollercoaster.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Jill on Money Call of the Week. |
| 0:06.4 | Remember you've got a couple of chances every single week to get on the air with us. |
| 0:10.7 | On Tuesdays we do this call of the week and then if we have time |
| 0:13.8 | after the longer show on Thursdays we pop another one in. If you'd like to get in |
| 0:18.0 | touch just send us an email. Ask Jill at Jill on Money.com or go to the website Jill on money.com and click contact us. |
| 0:25.8 | Today we're talking to Lisa in the Twin Cities. Hello Lisa, how are you? |
| 0:31.1 | Jill this is the closest I think I'll ever come to winning the lottery. |
| 0:35.6 | Oh, you are the... |
| 0:37.0 | You are a doll and I'm going to play that on an endless loop on my phone when I get depressed. Thank you so much. You've made my day. |
| 0:45.2 | Lisa, what is going on? How can I help you out? Well I was when Mark |
| 0:51.6 | contacted me and said that I could get your advice, I was thinking, |
| 0:55.4 | what's the best visual image to describe our current financial situation? |
| 0:59.7 | Okay. |
| 1:00.7 | And I came upon the imagery of we are treading water. |
| 1:05.0 | Wait a minute. You don't sound like that. |
| 1:10.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:11.0 | But the good news is that we're not sinking, but we're nowhere near floating leisurely on our back. |
| 1:19.0 | All right. |
| 1:20.0 | Well, okay, so treading water is okay. It does take quite a bit of energy though. |
| 1:24.0 | So if, as I recall from my, you know, lifeguard rescue class. |
| 1:29.0 | So tell me about you and what's going on and maybe your head is a bit more above water than just |
| 1:37.2 | treading. |
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