You can afford anything but not everything.

Every decision that you make is a trade-off against something else, and that's true,

not just for your money, but also your time, focus, energy, attention, anything in your

life that's a scarce or limited resource.

And so the questions become twofold.

Number one, what matters most to you?

What does everybody else tell you ought to matter most?

But what, personally, matters the most in your life?

And number two, how do you align your daily decisions to reflect that?

Answering these two questions requires a lifetime of daily practice.

And that is what this podcast is here to explore.

My name is Paula Pat and the host of the Affordable Care Podcast.

Every other episode we answer questions that you, the community, send in, and today,

to help me answer these questions, is former financial planner Joe Saul Sihai.

Hey, Joe.

Hey, it's so fun being back.

How are you?

I'm awesome.

And you just came back from a trip to the Virgin Islands, yes?

I did.

Yes.

Stayed on St. Thomas, and it's great to see those islands recovering from not one but two hurricanes.

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