2 of 5 consumer debts paid. The debt Snowball remains 3 loans, but we are unstoppable, we plan to be free this year! Thank you Ramsey team, thank you Minimalist team.
I started paying off my student loans. I wasnt able to before because there wasnt enough money at the end of my paycheck. But now im earning enough and I have been using some of the Ramsey plan and it gave me tje confidence to finally tackle this debt. Thanks to all of you for talking about the possiblity of freeing ourselves from stuff and eliminating debt!
It is amazing how freeing it is to be frugal, giving serious thought before each purchase. Whatever you call it, minimalism or frugality or something else, it just feels good to be careful about how I use my money.
I love TK's comment about living generously no matter how much you "have". Because you always have something to give. (minute 24). George - give a little until you can give a lot. It's a tool.
I'm a senior and I have no debt, but my net worth probably isn't even 50k, but I am content with what I have and am living simply and enjoy life! I feel we spent worrying about whether we're going to be able to be a millionaire. Debt free, simple and contentment makes a happy life!
Because we are believing the lies of the advertisers and companies that have us mesmerized at their ads and creating these existential voids that didn’t existed before. These ads distract us from our personal and family goals and put us on a never ending quest for comparison with others, it’s foolish and the only thing that accomplishes is the feeling of dissatisfaction.
Working on paying off all our debt this year! Want it gone! It's my biggest form of clutter and it's definitely the most stressful! I started this journey 3 years ago with getting my house in order by decluttering, then I decided to declutter excess weight off my body, now I'm working on decluttering our debt. 😊
I appreciate the minimalize the minimalism and keep the creativity. I love to cook, can and host. I have a lot of things in my kitchen and storage. I feel a lot better. The rest of my home is pretty minimal…so hosting is comfortable.
This really hit home with me. Where do i want to go? I'm good with debt, everything I buy I put on a credit card, and pay it off each month. My issue has been taking on jobs I thought would be a source of joy, helping people, enjoying the situation. This has not been my experience. I need to really soul search and find out where do I want to go.
My daughter did not go to dream school she went to where we could afford without debt. State school with some scholarship. The whole dream school is so ridiculous. Besides. All colleges let kids in the second semester when kids leave. It’s a business.
Maybe I was just lucky but have never had debt, even when had nearly nothing. We always paid off our credit card bills from the start. We own our house, not the bank. Never bought more than we could afford. Could we be living in a more expensive house and property and buy more expensive cars, etc. etc.? Yes. But, there is a trade off as we have peace of mind not owing on anything. Our stuff does not own us.
Creative energy: Your not getting rid of the collection, your letting it go to give someone else that joy that you felt when it was blessing you. Now it’s blessing someone else.
Amen TK on abundance and giving. I have debt and am working to get out of it, but i have a giving spirit, whether its time, treasure or talent, i will always give it freely....❤
This is all preaching to the choir for me so I do not necessarily learn a lot from it. However, I find this to be a highly entertaining podcast. It supports my moral beliefs and I always have a few good chuckles. Thank you all!
I'm a minimalist in almost everything but 1 room in my home is just lego madness 😂 I believe to be minimalistic on almost everything besides those few things that really bring you happiness, lego and travelling for me.
I really liked the episode and I relate A LOT to Noemie's note on how minimalism helped her connect to her intuition about purchases she makes :) I feel blessed and protected haha that i'm a minimalist and always question myself about things i want to purchase :) i now feel ok about purchasing things i like (even if i don't need them) because i know they add aesthetic/ emotional value to me and at the same time, i don't buy what I myself consider clutter and always allow myself some space to buy things i like and not beat myself up about it anymore.
Just reserved my tickets, thank you so much, your talks have changed my life for the better. I’ve gleaned so much insight and have made real tangible changes and I’m so glad for the opportunity to see you guys in person.
Hey JFM & T.K., I wonder if you know George Kamel is not only a really great personality on the Ramsey Network, but he also makes pretty good music. Plays guitar and sings. Pretty good stuff too. His music is beautiful and intentional.
My debt came from paying for childcare using a credit card last year during a period of making minimum wage, before benefits kicked in. It feels terrible after a lifetime of previously having excellent credit, and always paying the entire balance each month. I’m hoping I get a tax refund this year that allows me to pay it off entirely. Being charged $100 in interest every month for childcare my son received a year ago feels truly terrible.
I wish you a best. You seem like a parent who did the best you could at the time. Childcare is so expensive and its good that you spent on something as valuable as your child's well being.
This is great. Also DA and UA are great for folks who need support and a spiritual approach.... some folks need more than self willed change. Great episode.
To answer the question: "how much debt did we pay off last year?" our answer is we paid off no debt. That is because in 2023 we had no debt. That was not always be the case, we had a ton of debt and used the debt snowball following the 7 Baby Steps to get that monkey off our backs. I understand Taylor's feelings about wasted time and money for past bad financial decisions. At the end of the day that is what happened to us, but we grabbed that tiger by the tail and here we are, debt free, living frugal and saving (setting aside for the future) way more money than we ever thought possible. What George is saying about debt, to avoid debt, pay off debt, live debt free is for many of us mortals the best path. It may or may not be true that I can leverage low interest debt for high interest investment returns there is a cost to everything and that cost for leveraged assets is stress. We then have to decide if the return on our stress investment is worth all that work.
24:50 "You don't have to be a millionaire to give." Amen, T.K. We don't have to wait until....to be generous TODAY. Don't wait for your neighbor or the owner of a corporation to fill the need. Your scale may be different but most of us can do SOMETHING to leave today better than yesterday.
I'm so happy I made productive decisions about my finances that changed my life forever,hoping to retire next year.. Investment should always be on any creative man's heart for success in life
The first step in every successful investment is to establish your goals and risk tolerance, a task best undertaken with the assistance of a financial advisor with extensive financial market knowledge like Fergus Waylen
Wow. I'm a bit perplexed seeing him been mentioned here also Didn't know he has been good to so many people too this is wonderful, i'm in my fifth trade with him and it has been super
I don't want to put a figure to how much i've made doing that but let's just say it's more than enough to make trading worthwhile. And when i say worthwhile, i mean it.
Me- frugal, minimal, no debt besides mortgage and paying that down fast. Also me... bringing home a new $5 plant to slowly unintentionally kill every 3-4 months.
I'm a minimalist in almost everything but 1 room in my home is just lego madness I believe to be minimalistic on almost everything besides those few things that really bring you happiness, lego and travelling for me.
Minimalism and frugality CAN go hand and hand Frugality you don’t want to spend money and are content .Minimalism contentment with not many things so usually spend less money on things.
So what about those of us that actually need more income due to poverty? I can budget all I want, but I'm still trying to juggle between being able to eat vs being able to keep a roof over my head. A lot of us go into mandatory debt because there's literally no other choice. I've realized that this podcast episode is not aimed at those of us with less privilege, but I'd love to hear an episode that is.
Here’s a quandary: it seems like people feel like they should be able to live wherever they want to, but that’s not a reality. Certain areas require a substantial income, like Newport Beach or Malibu. BUT, there are businesses in those communities that pay their employees the market rate, albeit an amount way below what’s required to live in that community, or even any neighboring community. So what do you do? Is reasonable that an employee should be able to afford to live within a reasonable commuting distance of their job? (I would say less than 30 minutes.) If so, how? If not, is it reasonable to expect an employee spend 3-4 hours a day in their commute?
I got rid of all my credit cards and my credit score tanked more than 100 points; but since I'm not needing to get a car or home loan, my demoted credit score, matters not
Good talk but DISAGREE on your definition of frugality. You described "cheap" not "frugal". Frugal is being intentional with your spending. Look at Ramit Sethi I Will Teach You To Be Rich - spend on what you love, spend as little as possible on the rest. Frugal people do spend money. Cheap people often save money at the expense of others. **You should have Ramit or some people from the FIRE community on your podcast.** I am frugal which allows me to do what I want, treat friends just for fun or because they couldn't otherwise join me in something such as a movie or even a trip, help my family in life. I LOVE TK's view that you don't have to be wealthy in order to be a giver and live a life of generosity. To some extent, my frugality allows me to be more generous. I agree that we all need to live within (or below) our means. Sadly, there are situations in which families truly can't make enough to pay for housing and food, and the usual advice of "increase income, decrease expenses" doesn't apply.
Y’all blew the question out of proportion. The question was do you have a million dollars. Just answer, yes or no. This is why it’s hard for ppl to trust these things. Just answer the question.
I love watching the Ramsey show. I love being a baby step millionaire even more. I am single income debt free no kids living in California on a clerk salary. I lived a minimalist lifestyle for years to achieve financial freedom and peace.
Buying sales is not necessarily frugal. A healthy desire for frugality, the intentional practice of prudent economy shouldn't result in overconsumption.
Interesting.. regret, resentment and debt seem to all have a correlation. If not careful, all can be poisonous and stifling to your choice of independence
You can be debt free with savings, but a false civil lawsuit against you can take it all away in defense lawyer costs that they say will Never be reimbursed. When you sell a property, KEEP ALL CONTRACTS and all papers and everything, especially if you get divorced, make sure you get your own copy of everything and gather every document and search for all Discovery IMMEDIATELY. Do NOT wait for a lawyer to do it for you. You have to save yourself and you have to know what exactly is going on. Speed is essential.
debt free on personal loans, no credit card debt, except for real state investment made on 2020, that has revenue going straight to a saving account, is set up to be paid off by the tenants in 13 years and not in 30 years, second real state investment is cash, no loans, took me 4 years to paid off 50k and saved 50k, making 55k per year, it took an effort to go from a spender to a saver and living below your means, now I just feel guilty/shame of buying things I didn't need in the past.
Sorry, frugal is not cheap. When you discuss hoarding thats cheap, collect crap, free stuff, whatever feeds and fills the void. But, frugalality is a different kind of intentionality, where you have decided what and how much you will spend money on and look for deals on those things with coupons,buy one get one etc. But, still NOT buying unnecessary things. Minimalism takes it one step further to thw question of...do I even need this in my life and does it add value. If not, I will not waste money, time or space on it.
14:02 i wish he stopped making that comparion! It makes him sound stupid! In italy you can buy a beautiful 4 story town house for 40k, higher education is free, health insurance is almost free! In switzerland, education is free, transportation is dirt cheep, health insurance leass than half of the US, minimum wage 27 chf an hour.examples of one the most corrupt worst run countries in EU and one of the most developed countries in the whole world😡