The Benefits of Being Boring with Your Money, and Why to Make a Will ASAP

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Your money doesn’t have to be complicated or stressful. To start off this episode, Liz Weston and occasional co-host Sara Rathner discuss the benefits of being boring with your finances. Then, Liz and co-host Sean Pyles answer a listener’s question about whether to make a will, including why setting it up isn’t as complicated — or time consuming — as you might think. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Timestamps: This Week in Your Money segment: 0:00-10:12 Money Question segment: 10:13-29:07 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.3	Welcome to the NerdWallet Smart Money Podcast,
0:36.5	where we answer your personal finance questions
0:38.4	and help you feel a little smarter about what you do with your money. I'm Liz Weston.
0:42.8	And I'm Sarah Rathner filling in for Sean Piles, at least for the start of the episode.
0:46.6	To have a money question answered on a future episode, call or text us on the nerd hotline at
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1:06.5	Sean and I are working on a special episode for the end of the year about what are listeners
1:11.2	accomplished with their money in 2021. We want to celebrate your wins. So tell us what you
1:16.5	accomplished. Did you buy a house, pay off debt? Maybe you started an emergency fund or kicked
1:21.4	up your retirement savings. We want to hear about it and help you celebrate. And this being a
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