How to Manage Your Money (and Still Enjoy Life)

The Personal Finance Podcast

Andrew Giancola

Entrepreneurship, Investing, Business

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Managing money does not have to mean giving up the things you love. Here is the system that lets you do both at the same time. 👉 Join Andrew's ⁠FREE Masterclass The Portfolio Pyramid.⁠ What You'll Learn in This Episode The seven reasons getting good with money is actually the most freeing thing you will ever do Why managing money correctly means you get to spend more on what you love, not less The Block Method: a four-category budgeting framework that finally makes your money feel intentional How to use the 1-3-6 Method to build a bulletproof emergency fund without stopping your investing The exact order to fund your retirement accounts so you never leave free money on the table Three listener Q&As covering how to start late, how to fix your relationship with money, and how to manage finances as a high-earning attorney with student debt How to set up savings buckets for the big lifestyle purchases you actually want Start Here Join the community built to help you master your money, stay accountable, and reach financial freedom. 👉 Try Master Money Academy FREE for 7 days today! https://mastermoney.co/join/ 👉 Join Andrew’s FREE Investing for Beginners Masterclass https://event.webinarjam.com/q05p7/register/0o8z9io?webinar_id=21 👉 Join The Master Money Newsletter where you will become smarter with your money in 5 minutes or less per week Here! https://expert-hustler-605.ck.page/6aa7bb9a79 Partner Deals Indeed → Get a $75 sponsored job credit ⁠http://Indeed.com/personalfinance⁠ Policygenius → Free life insurance quote ⁠http://policygenius.com⁠ Chime → Get more rewarding fee-free banking at ⁠https://www.chime.com/PFP⁠ Monarch Money → Up to 60% off | MEMORIAL DAY WAREHOUSE CLEAROUT ⁠http://www.monarch.com/PFP⁠ Shopify → Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at ⁠http://shopify.com/pfp⁠ Wayfair → Get 80% OFF on April 25th through the 27th ⁠http://wayfair.com⁠ DeleteMe → 20% off with code PFP ⁠https://joindeleteme.com/PFP20/ Tool/s Mentioned Free Automation Checklist Retirement Calculator Episode/s Mentioned How to Automate Your Finances (Money on Autopilot!) https://youtu.be/Fenu_LtdmZU The 1-3-6 Method For Building & Managing Your Emergency Fund https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGdII_Z0hnw&t=1616s How to Build Your Investment Portfolio (The Portfolio Pyramid!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn-NXfFWtfU&t=65s How to Master Your Student Loans with Robert Farrington https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t146LJRUc0o Watch Next The Housing Market Is Rigged (Here's How to Beat It) With David Sidoni https://youtu.be/ccXY6vTNJu0 Focus on THIS in Retirement (Everything Else is Noise) https://youtu.be/afrCCLz4aJ4 How to Build Your Investment Portfolio (The Portfolio Pyramid!) https://youtu.be/Vn-NXfFWtfU How to Invest Your First $10K https://youtu.be/GCW1lfujZ2I The Financial Priorities That Matter Most (By Life Stage) https://youtu.be/h2WFjoekghE Connect with Andrew Instagram → https://instagram.com/mastermoneyco Website → https://mastermoney.co TikTok → https://tiktok.com/@mastermoneyco X → https://x.com/mastermoneyco LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-giancola-45027b340 YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@mastermoneyco/ Question for you: What is one thing you have been putting off buying or doing because of money that you actually really want? Drop it below and let us figure out if there is a way to make it happen without derailing your financial plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up everybody and welcome to the personal finance podcast. I'm your host, Andrew,
0:11.3	founder of mastermoney.com. And today on the personal finance podcast, we're going to be diving
0:16.8	into how to manage money and still enjoy life.
0:20.9	If you guys have any questions, make sure you join the Master Money newsletter by going
0:25.2	to mastermoney.co slash newsletter.
0:27.6	And you can respond to any of those issues every single week.
0:30.8	And you may get your question answer on the show like some of the questions that we are
0:33.9	answering today.
0:35.5	Also, don't forget to follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,
0:39.0	YouTube, or whatever your favorite podcast player is. And if you want to help out the show,
0:43.7	consider leaving a five-star rating and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite
0:48.5	podcast player. Now to end today's episode, we're going to talk about the reasons that you should get good with money.
0:55.7	And the reasons why getting good with money is one of the most freeing things that you will ever do.
1:01.6	Then I'm going to walk you through step by step how to manage your money and still be able to enjoy life at the same exact time.
1:09.9	And then lastly, we're going to go through some of your
1:11.7	questions. We got some really good questions here at the end of the episode that we are going to
1:15.7	dive into, but we have three questions to dive into that I think are going to be really, really
1:19.9	helpful to many of you out there. So we've got an action-packed episode. So without further ado,
1:25.6	let's get into it. Now, one thing I want you to
1:29.9	note is I have heard this time and time again from friends and family when I talk to them about money,
1:35.0	is they feel as though getting good with money feels restrictive. They feel as though every single
1:40.4	time they try to set up their finances or do it the right way, they just do not
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