Welcome to Financial Foundations, a many series of financial feminists brought to you by State Farm.

During each episode of this limited series, we'll be tackling financial basics,

like budgeting, investing, debt, and what it really means to be a financial feminist

to help you get on track no matter where you're at on your money journey.

Through short actionable episodes and simple homework exercises,

I'll help you build a financial plan you'll actually want to stick to.

Thanks again to our sponsor State Farm for making the series possible.

Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.

Hi financial feminists. Welcome back to the Financial Foundation series.

Kristen and I were just trying our hands at our best Irish accents.

Hers is a lot better than mine.

But last week, two weeks ago, we talked about the money date and getting your financial

game plan together. I left you with some homework and questions to ponder on.

So if you haven't listened to that episode yet or done the homework, please head back over

and check it out. This Financial Foundation series is meant to be done in order

because we're going to need that money diary activity right about now.

Our reminder from the previous Financial Foundations episode of the Financial Priority List.

Financial Priority List is those follows.

One, emergency fund.

Two, paying off high interest debt like credit cards.

Three, investing, prioritizing investing while starting to pay off your lower interest debt.

And finally, saving for what I call the big stuff.

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