The key to spending money intentionally is to figure out your money dial, the thing you love to spend money on, and spend more on that rather than spending on everything. Once you identify your money dial, you can make two important changes to your spending habits.
Tim Ferriss discusses the importance of developing the skill of translating dollars into value, whether it is through investing or spending and how it can help enjoy the experiences and feelings received from money in the long run.
Two friends discuss practical money topics such as saving money at the grocery store and maximizing income potential while also discussing the Icelandic sagas and their comparison to historic novels.
This podcast episode discusses how the act of spending money can move one's financial goals further away instead of closer to being achieved. Morgan Housel's belief that money equals freedom is also discussed.
The hosts discuss the wastefulness of overspending and share their own personal anecdotes about pricey purchases.
The podcast talks about money management and includes journal prompts that are centered around shadow work. The speaker shares her own struggles and how she learned to handle them.
The speaker reminisces about receiving small amounts of money or snacks from parents and feeling content, but now realizes how little they actually had.
Money cannot buy happiness, but having money can reduce stress and provide access to experiences that can lead to happiness. Self-reported levels of happiness are the same for those who won the lottery and those who became paraplegic one year after the event.
A comic discusses his experience with a friend who kept asking him for money and how he eventually had to confront him about it.