Episode 402: Redefining Happiness through Intentional and Sustainable Spending with Kara Perez

Journey To Launch

Jamila Souffrant

Business, Investing

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This week on the Journey to Launch Podcast, I'm joined by Kara Perez, founder of Bravely Go and author of Green Money. Kara shares her inspiring journey from paying off $65,000 in student loans to creating a financial education company. She emphasizes the impact of values-based budgeting and reducing waste as key strategies for building wealth. Kara also discusses how to use money as a force for positive change, including aligning your finances with ethical practices like switching banks, and introduces the concept of "financially secure YOLO," offering practical advice on balancing financial goals with enjoying life.

In this episode Kara shares:

How to align your spending with personal values in a social media-driven world that may encourage overconsumption & strategies to resist unnecessary purchases.
How individuals can contribute to environmental sustainability through financial choices, like moving money to ethical banks.
Examples of collective financial solutions like babysitting co-ops and bartering services to reduce costs while fostering community connections.
Her experience of maintaining separate bank accounts with her partner but scheduling regular money dates to ensure alignment on shared financial goals and upcoming expenses.

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0:00.0	You can always be thinner, you can always be hotter, you can always be richer.
0:05.0	And so if you never reach a point of satisfaction, you're never satisfied.
0:09.7	So I think a lot of people, the first step when we talk about values-based budgeting,
0:13.7	they hear deprivation.
0:15.2	You have to stop buying things that make you happy.
0:18.3	But really what we're saying is, does buying things all the time make
0:21.7	you happy? Just think about it for a second. Welcome to the Journey to Launch podcast with your
0:29.2	host, Jamila Sufron, as a money expert who walks her talk. She helps brave journeyers like you,
0:35.8	get out of debt, save, invest, and build real wealth.
0:40.7	Join her on the Journey to Launch to Financial Freedom in five, four, three, two, one.
0:52.9	If you want the episode, show notes for this episode, go to journey to launch.com or click the description of wherever you're listening to this episode.
1:01.7	In the show notes, you'll get the transcribed version of the conversation, the links that we mentioned, and so much more.
1:09.4	Also, whether you are an OG journeyer or brand new to the
1:12.9	podcast, I've created a free Jump Start guide to help you on your financial freedom journey.
1:18.3	It includes the top episodes to listen to stages to go through to reach financial freedom,
1:23.4	resources, and so much more. You can go to Journey to launch.com slash jumpstart to get your guide
1:29.7	right now. Okay, let's hop into the episode. Hey, hey, hey, journeyers. Welcome to the
1:36.7	Journey to Launch podcast. I have a guest that I haven't seen or spoken to in a little bit.
1:41.7	So I'm excited to have her on the podcast.
1:48.7	She was on episode 49 of the podcast, and that is Kara Perez.
1:50.8	Let me tell you a little bit about Kara.
1:56.0	Kara is the founder of Bravely Go, a sustainability-focused financial education company,
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