Brought to you by the Every Dollar app. Start budgeting for free today. So my husband passed away of

COVID three years ago, almost, not quite. And he had a little bit, a little bit of life insurance policy.

And I panicked and I went ahead and paid my house off. It was like $225,000

left and I used it all. And I'm like concerned that I made a mistake by doing that because I went

to my friend's financial guide. He's like, you're so far behind at 55 for what you should be and he made me feel stupid

for doing that and then I started watching you and you are you're all about the house pay off

I was like good with that but then you do talk about how your income is your wealth building thing, you know.

And so anyway, I, I'm a realtor and I have just had a slow down screeching halt on

sales.

And I'm just afraid any, you know, what I've got left in savings, I'm going to have to start using that to supplement.

Well, what would...

That's where I'm at.

First off, I'm sorry for your loss.

That sounds terrible.

Second off, this financial guy is not the guy.

No one should be making you feel stupid, right?

Yes.

No one, you know, you're going to them for advice. You want to learn,

but they shouldn't be making you feel stupid. I would not look at this as a big mistake. I would go,

okay, you did, it's not like you went out and bought something you couldn't afford or it's not

like you went out and you go, you know, got crazy. You paid off your home, which is something that we would teach you to do.

Yeah, you may have gone a little bit out of order, but maybe not.

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