Investing in Sustainability and Weathering the Financial Storms of Life: Interview with Jeff from The Sustainable Life Blog RPF0126

Radical Personal Finance

Joshua J. Sheats, MSFS, CFP, CLU, ChFC, CASL, RHU, REBC, CAP

Self-improvement, Business, Education, Investing

4.2 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2014

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Personal finance touches every aspect of life by definition. Every aspect of our life involves finance in some way.

As we make the decisions of life, we're constantly faced with cost and opportunity cost:

Is it wise of me to allocate this $100 to a memorable evening's entertainment with my family or to set it aside toward a larger vacation fund?
Should I use some extra money to upgrade the look and style of my wardrobe or purchase some extra books or classes to advance my knowledge?
Am I better served by investing my money into ownership of publicly traded securities through my 401(k) account or will I get a higher return on my investment by improving the insulation of my house and upgrading my windows to an energy efficient version.

These are ultimately the decisions we face. Culturally, we usually separate these areas of life into different decisions. But we shouldn't. Each of them (and many thousands of additional options) impacts the other.

We're far better off if we view our life as a web of integrated decisions and we should be able to flow seamlessly among our different options.

My guest today does just that.

Jeff and his wife are raising a young family and are working toward financial independence together. Their personal interest in sustainability and green living has naturaly integrated with their financial planning. DIY activities and home improvement have had benefits in both areas.

Enjoy today's show!

Joshua

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Sustainable Life Blog

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Radical Personal Finance Podcast.
0:02.0	My name is Joshua Sheets and I'm your host.
0:03.7	Thank you for being here.
0:05.0	Today is Friday, December 26, 2014.
0:08.0	And today I bring to you an interview with Jeff
0:12.2	from the Sustainable Life blog.com.
0:15.0	Jeff is a really neat guy, as a listener to the show,
0:18.0	and we first met at Finn Connie, offered to come on the show,
0:21.0	and I offered to bring him on, and I'm thrilled he accepted. I like to bring you
0:24.7	interviews like today. If you are looking for a show with 23 specific in-depth
0:31.2	top tips on here's what you should do or not do you'll want to
0:34.4	skip today's show it's a little bit more of just a conversation but the reason why I
0:38.1	like to bring it is one of the major benefits that I get from
0:42.0	listening to financial radio is encouragement and perspective.
0:48.8	And I like to hear real people and this is one of the real benefits I see in podcasting is we can vary the content
0:56.5	between specific in-depth hardcore hard-hitting experts and also relatively normal people. Jeff is listening to the
1:04.2	show and he and his wife are on the same process and what I think you'll find
1:10.3	really valuable is towards the latter half of the interview.
1:14.4	We get into some of the hiccups that have happened in Jeff and his wife's financial
1:17.9	plan, specifically the loss of a child.
1:21.5	And I think that you'll appreciate that perspective because it's very easy in
1:26.8	and I'm guilty of this myself. It's very easy in financial discussions to try to
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