Ask Paula: Should I Raid My Retirement Savings to Pay for School?
Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices
Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network
4.7 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2020
⏱️ 86 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You can afford anything but not everything. |
| 0:11.0 | Every decision that you make is a trade-off against something else and that doesn't just |
| 0:14.0 | apply to your money. |
| 0:15.0 | That applies to your time, your focus, your attention, any limited resource that you have |
| 0:19.3 | to manage. |
| 0:20.3 | And that leads to two questions. |
| 0:22.4 | Number one, what matters most? |
| 0:24.3 | And number two, how do you align your day-to-day decisions to reflect that? |
| 0:29.8 | Answering these two questions is a lifetime practice. |
| 0:32.0 | That's what this podcast is here to explore. |
| 0:34.2 | My name is Paula Pat. |
| 0:35.2 | I'm the host of the Afford Anything Podcast. |
| 0:37.6 | Every other episode, I answer questions that come from you, the community. |
| 0:41.1 | And today, former financial planner Joe Salcihi is with me to answer these questions. |
| 0:45.7 | Hey, Joe. |
| 0:46.9 | We are back for more fun. |
| 0:48.7 | Oh my goodness. |
| 0:49.7 | And we've got some great questions today. |
| 0:51.5 | Especially, well, they're all fantastic, but I think we're going to kick this one off |
| 0:56.2 | with a high gear. |
| 0:57.5 | Oh my goodness. |
| 0:58.5 | Our first question comes from Anton. |
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