You can afford anything but not everything.

Every decision that you make is a trade-off against something else and that doesn't just

apply to your money.

That applies to your time, your focus, your energy, your attention.

It applies to anything in your life that's a limited resource that you need to manage.

Yes to one thing is an implicit note to something else and that leads to two questions.

Number one, what matters most?

What's captivating your interest at the moment but what truly matters most in your life?

And number two, how do you make daily decisions that reflect that?

Answering these two questions is a lifetime practice and that's what this podcast is here

to explore.

My name is Paula Pant, I'm the host of the Afford Anything Podcast and today, Ash Amberjet

joins me to share her story of how she built a life that is entirely her own.

Ash grew up in a trailer park in Pennsylvania, she never met her father and her mother,

who raised her on government assistance, passed away when she was 20.

Having come from nothing, Ash's goal was to join the middle class.

She wanted to be one of those people who ate lemon pepper chicken.

When she finally made it, she started blowing her paychecks.

She bought a brand new car, she financed a $5,000 mattress and yet she still felt that

something was lacking.

As a difference, she says, between being grateful and being gratified.

And so she set out to find meaningful, creative, gratifying work.

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