You can afford anything but not everything.

Every choice that you make is a trade-off against something else.

And that doesn't just apply to your money, that applies to your time, your focus, your

energy, your attention, any limited resource that you need to manage.

Saying yes to something implicitly means, turning away all other options.

And that opens up two questions.

First, what truly matters.

Second, how do you make choices that reflect that which matters most?

Answering those two questions is a lifetime practice and that's what this podcast is here

to explore and facilitate.

My name is Paula Pat.

I'm the host of the Afford Anything Podcast.

Every other episode, we answer questions that come from you and my buddy, former financial

planner, Joe Salcihi, author of the new book, Stacked, your super serious guide to money

management.

Joe's here with me to answer these questions.

What's up, Joe?

I was going to say, Paula, we should light this candle.

But as you know, we already lit the candle before we started.

Exactly.

Yes.

So Joe and I, a little behind the scenes here, Joe and I recording this on Skype, I look

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