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How to Money

Pursuing Happiness In All the Wrong Ways (Bestie) #923

How to Money

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Business, Investing, Education

4.5 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

We hope that you’re having a wonderful holiday season. And if you celebrate Christmas, or any holiday that involves the exchange of gifts- isn’t it so much fun giving presents and seeing the faces of your loved ones light up? And while that might be the case on Christmas morning, it’s a different story later in the day for many adults and kiddos alike. There’s frequently a post present letdown that many of us experience. Either there was something we wanted that we didn’t get, or the gifts that we did receive aren’t quite as awesome as expected. They don’t make us happy and we easily fall into the trap of pursuing happiness in all the wrong ways. Of course on the surface this is something that you already know, but while many of us would say that we agree with this sentiment, we actually end up living our lives in contradictory ways. In this episode we detail some of the different ways that we’re chasing after happiness, but then we discuss two different types of happiness and how we can make sure that we’re pursuing the kind that will last.

 

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During this episode we enjoyed a Mile High Salute by Mutation Brewing- a big thanks to Jack and our friends there at the brewery! And please help us to spread the word by letting friends and family know about How to Money! Hit the share button, subscribe if you’re not already a regular listener, and give us a quick review in Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Help us to change the conversation around personal finance and get more people doing smart things with their money!

 

Best friends out!

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0:00.0

Merry Christmas, Joel.

0:01.6

Happy Christmas, Matt.

0:03.3

So did your kids enjoy the Nintendo Switch that you gifted them?

0:07.1

I hope so. I don't know.

0:08.2

We're recording this intro before I give it to them.

0:10.9

So I'm curious what your thoughts are here.

0:12.8

Actually, did you have any pushback from your wife about getting the kids a video game console?

0:19.1

So it was something we had to talk about, right?

0:20.9

Because I want you to defend the Nintendo Switch.

0:24.4

So full disclosure, this is something that you and I that we both gifted our kids that we thought would be a ton of fun.

0:29.7

But yeah, I received a little bit of pushback.

0:31.5

So yeah, similar.

0:32.6

But I think what we came to the conclusion of was one, the pushback was against too much screen time.

0:38.6

And we want to prevent screen time overload.

0:41.3

And so, well, if we have a video game system, doesn't that mean we're just going to watch more screens?

0:45.4

And I was like, well, no, I think we can still keep it under wraps.

0:47.9

But instead of watching stupid stuff, it's going to be interactive gaming with each other.

0:52.3

So it's actually more like together time.

0:53.9

But without being more screen time.

0:55.8

And the other thing is...

0:56.6

So you're swapping the screen time for like from purely consuming content on the screen

1:01.6

to actually engaging with it a little bit.

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