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Hey everyone, it's Jean Chatsky. Welcome to her money.

This week we are going to talk about a woman's year of less.

It's about her journey to spending less and living with less by confronting her somewhat binge-like consumer ways.

She writes, all I knew was that I seemingly

had everything I wanted in my home, in my career,

and in my life, and it never felt like enough. I was never satisfied.

I always wanted more, but since more of anything wasn't filling me up, Maybe it was time to challenge myself to go after less.

The woman who wrote this is named Kate Flanders.

She is a long-time blogger,

and her new book is called The Year of Less, How I Stopped Shopping,

gave away my belongings and discovered life is worth more than anything you can buy in a store.

Hi Kate, welcome.

Thank you so much for having me. Hi Kate, welcome.

Thank you so much for having me.

Thank you for being here.

So we're getting you somewhere in Canada, right?

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