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Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

Ask Paula: Should I Take a $30k Paycut for Better Work-Life Balance, or Stick it Out?

Afford Anything | Make Smart Money Choices

Paula Pant | Cumulus Podcast Network

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.73.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

#207: Matt and his fiance earn $7,500 per month combined. They save more than half of their income. He’d like to take a different job that will decrease his income by $2,000 per month, but improve his quality of life. Should he? Suja wants to take out a loan for business growth. What red flags should she watch for? Anonymous and her husband are thinking about buying half-million-dollar home, purchasing a second car, and having a baby. They’ve saved an emergency fund and a 20 percent downpayment. Are they ready? Trayci wants to quit her 9-to-5 and start working as a 1099 self-employed lifestyle. How should she manage this transition? Daria is curious about the economics of a podcast. What do the income and expenses look like? Jared wants to retire early and then sell off his rental properties, but he’s worried about the depreciation recapture tax rate. How should he plan? Ali wants to set up a long-term giving plan, but most of the advice out there is geared towards wealthy donors. How should middle-class workers set up their charitable giving? Financial planner Sophia Bera (hailed by Investment News as one of the Top 40 Under 40) joins me on today’s episode to answer these seven questions. For more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode207  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You can afford anything but not everything.

0:10.9

Every decision that you make is a trade-off against something else and that doesn't just

0:13.6

apply to your money.

0:14.6

It applies to your time, your focus, your energy, your attention.

0:17.9

It applies to anything in your life that's a scarce or limited resource that you need

0:21.0

to manage and that leads to two questions.

0:23.6

Number one, what do you value most?

0:25.6

Number two, how do you align your daily decisions in a way that reflects those values?

0:30.1

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

0:34.3

to explore and facilitate.

0:35.9

My name is Paula Pant, I'm the host of the Affordable Care Foundation.

0:39.0

Every other week I answer questions that come from you, the community.

0:42.7

With me is Certified Financial Planner Sophia Barra, the owner of Gen Y Planning and somebody

0:49.2

who has been named by investment news as 40 under 40.

0:54.2

Thanks so much for having me Paula.

0:56.2

Hey Sophia, where are we right now?

0:58.2

We are in Mexico City.

1:00.2

Yes.

1:01.2

So we are sitting in a podcast booth at a co-working space in Mexico City and we are going to be answering

1:06.0

questions from Matt who wants to know if he should leave his job.

1:09.9

Ali, who's interested in creating a long-term giving plan.

1:13.2

Suja, who is concerned about fatal frugality and wants to know what her options are in terms

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