Joe, is it ever okay to break the rules of personal finance in order to get to the goal faster?

It's always okay to break the rules. But the key is, you know this, Paula,

but I think a lot of our forters don't know this, you got to actually know what rules you're breaking.

And if you're actually unintentionally breaking other rules, later on you don't want to have to go,

oops, my bad.

Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, okay, so it's like grammar right know the rules really well so that you can

break them with style. Yes. Nice. All right well we are going to hear from a listener who is breaking some personal finance rules

in order to get to financial independence faster.

Welcome to the Afford Anything Podcast, the show that understands you can afford anything, but not everything,

every choice that you make carries a trade-off and that applies not just to your money but your time,

your focus, your energy, your attention to any limited resource you need to manage.

What matters most and how do you make choices accordingly?

Those are the two questions this podcast is here to answer.

My name is Paula Pant, I trained in economic reporting at

Columbia. I help you focus on what matters. Every other episode we answer

questions that come from you and I do so alongside my buddy former financial advisor

Joe Saul C. Hi. What's up Joe? How's it going Paula? Oh I am fantastic.

Joe you know why I'm in such a good mood?

Because you're hanging out with me, duh.

Yes, well obviously, but in addition to that, we got an update from someone who called in earlier and now has a win to share. Take the W. Here's

Elizabeth.

Hi Paula and Joe. You kindly answered my question about taking a four-month pottery course in episode

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