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Welcome to the nerd wallet smart money, where we answer your personal finance questions

and help you feel a little smarter about what you do with your money.

I'm Sean Piles.

And I'm Liz Weston.

To have your money questions answered on a future episode, turn to the nerds.

Call or text us on the nerd hotline at 901-7306373, that's 901-730 Nerd, or email us at podcast at nerdwollet.com.

In this episode, Liz and I answer a listener's question about managing finances abroad.

But first, in our this week in your money segment, Liz and I are talking about doing a mid-year

check-in on your financial goals for 2021.

And Liz, I understand that you actually recently covered this topic in your column, right?

Yeah, we were just talking about how much is changing with people going back to work,

either going back to an office or they've been unemployed and now they have a job.

At the same time, people are traveling, planning for celebrations like weddings, and Congress

changed a bunch of laws. Normally, I like to do a mid-year checkup just to make sure that we're on

track with retirement savings and tax withholdings and things like that. But now it's really

important to take a look at these other changes and make sure that you're up to date,

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