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Money Guy Show

The Truth About Starting Over in Your 40s | Making a Millionaire

Money Guy Show

Brian Preston, CPA, CFP®, PFS and Bo Hanson, CFA, CFP® | Fee-Only Fiduciary Advisors

Education, Retirement, Moneyadvice, Investing, Savingmoney, Personalfinance, Business

4.62.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Shelby and Dustin have been married for just a year, but they’re already tackling some of life’s biggest financial challenges together. From paying off $57K in student loans to planning for retirement and college, they’re learning to align priorities, merge money habits, and make their savings work harder. This episode is packed with practical strategies and surprising realizations that could change your own financial game plan. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Jump start your journey with our FREE financial resources⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reach your goals faster with our products⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Take the relationship to the next level: become a client⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe on YouTube for early access and go beyond the podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Connect with us on social media for more content⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Bring confidence to your wealth building with simplified strategies from The Money Guy. Learn how to apply financial tactics that go beyond common sense and help you reach your money goals faster. Make your assets do the heavy lifting so you can quit worrying and start living a more fulfilled life. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠NordVPN.com/MONEYGUY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I am curious, though, for you, Dustin, this thing's been part of the family.

0:03.0

I mean, because you've had student loans since you're in your 20, 18 to 20s.

0:07.4

So now extinguishing this at 43, how does that feel to know that this will be completely behind you? Again, things I've been resigned to. It feels like an albatross, but been around my neck that I just got used to the weight. or people have a disability.

0:01.9

They just feel like, oh, my pain level is X, so that feels normal.

0:04.4

And it's almost like I feel a sense of guilt about it.

0:06.9

I brought this into... to the weight, you know, or people have a disability. They just feel like, oh, my pain level is X, so that feels normal.

0:21.7

And it's almost like I feel a sense of guilt about it.

0:24.2

I brought this into our world.

0:25.9

And it is what it is.

0:27.3

And I can't undo choices that I made.

0:29.4

I'm glad to get this out of my life because I got way better things I can do for $57,000.

0:45.6

I am Shelby. I am 33. We were just talking earlier. So I've been in Nashville, or in the Nashville area for 10 years. Next week will be 10 years. That makes you a native around these parks.

0:50.0

Is that? Yeah. Once you hit that 10 year, right. There you go. So I'm from Texas originally, born and raised outside of Houston, and I moved here for work.

0:59.0

I moved here with the boy in 2008, or to Nashville, actually, moved down into Murphy'sboro in 2013.

1:06.0

So I've been here for quite a while to.

1:07.9

Also a native now.

1:09.0

Yeah, yeah.

1:10.0

You're very liberal with this native thing. Yeah. Even more than me.

1:10.9

You're very liberal with this native thing.

1:12.5

Yeah, I also grew up in Texas, but I don't claim it as my home. Okay. Yeah. Oh, I still claim. I'm a Texan. That's unique amongst Texans, because every Texan, even Texans that live away for like 50 years. Okay. I have to trial. Yeah. It's its own country.

1:07.6

It's a very low count on when it hits.

1:10.5

But I always ask people from Texas, do you have a Texas tattoo?

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