Hi, it's Jill Schlesinger, and on this episode of Jill on Money, we are pruning your relationship tree.

The end of these relationships, especially when they're close, you know, it's a death of sorts.

But this also applies to the more casual acquaintance-like relationships that all of us have in both our personal and

professional lives. Welcome to the Jill On Money Podcast. We are presented by

Marcus by Goldman Sachs. You know, we're stressed out, we feel like failures. We're working. We're tired. How do you manage it all? I'll tell you how our

guest today has the answer. Her name is Romy Newstat and her new book is called You Can Have It All, just not at the same damn time.

Here's our interview with Romi.

You're listening to Jill on Money with Jill Schlesinger.

So we start with a very simple question. I think it's a good

one for you which is what was your best financial or career decision that you've ever made?

When I decided to stop being a corporate chick and be tied to the billable hour and become

an entrepreneur and start my own business.

While it was scary as hell, it was the smartest move I could have made.

And I did it alongside at the time my PR career.

What it did was allowed me to design more of a schedule that I wanted and I got to

stop hitting my head against that earnings glass ceiling.

And so you grew up in a very strange place

for a nice Jewish girl.

Where did you grow up?

I grew up in the thriving metropolis of Butte, Montana.

In Butte, Montana, is there a place to get a good bagel?

Now, perhaps pretty good. When I was growing up, absolutely not. So it was when we would travel to places like LA that we got our fix.

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