You can afford anything but not everything.

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

apply to your money.

That applies to any limited resource you need to manage like your time, your focus, your

energy, your attention.

And that opens up two questions.

First, what matters most?

Second, how do you align your decision making around your values, your priorities?

Answering those two questions is a lifetime practice.

Sometimes they're better at it, sometimes not so much.

But this podcast is here to help you explore it, figure it out, get through it.

My name is Paula Pat.

I'm the host of the Afford Anything Podcast.

Before we get started, I want to make a very exciting announcement.

Myself, Mr. Money Mustache, Tiffany Eliteche, the budget Nista, and Ross Mack from YouTube,

we are all in a Netflix documentary which was released this week.

It was released Tuesday, September 6th.

So the documentary is called Get Smart With Money.

And if you're looking for a fun, educational, really beautiful, super well-told story to

watch on Netflix, if you're looking for a movie to watch on Netflix, this one is amazing.

The storyline is that there are four financial coaches, myself, Mr. Money Mustache, Tiffany

Eliteche, the budget Nista, and Ross Mack, we are the four financial coaches.

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