Personal Finance Basics
Frugal Friends Podcast
Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni | Backyard Ventures
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2020
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we share our minimalist approach to personal finance. This is certainly not comprehensive but if you’re just starting out these are the things to focus on before you get distracted by everything else in the personal finance ecosystem.
Sponsors:
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Notable Notes:
Now let's get into it; on every 7th episode we replay one of our most popular episodes that’s at least a year old and because we’ve spent so much time the past few weeks working on something special for you (a.k.a. the workbook!!), today is one of those episodes! ENJOY!
Wrap-Up:
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| 1:28.0 | Welcome to the Frugal Friends Podcast. My name is Jen. My name is Jill. And every seventh |
| 1:38.7 | episode we replay one of our most popular episodes that's at least a year old and because we've |
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