LIT Episode 42.  Part 2.  One of Paul's personal goals for 2024 was to feature his 92 year old Grandma, Barbara, on the podcast.  Barbara is a Great, Great, who had 5 children, 14 grandkids, 24 great grandkids, and 11 great great grandkids. 

She continues to drive, goes to church every Sunday, lives in a two-story house, is a landlord, been widowed for 28 years, and is the most optimistic woman you'll ever meet.

Carsyn, McCoy, Skylar, Brian, Paul, and Paul's sister Jackie bring the podcast to a Great, Great.   

If this episode moves you in any way, please share with friends, family, your teenage kids, and tune in next week. Thank you!

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LIT Episode 41.  One of Paul's personal goals for 2024 was to feature his 92 year old Grandma, Barbara, on the podcast.  Barbara is a Great, Great, who had 5 children, 14 grandkids, 24 great grandkids, and 11 great great grandkids. 

In this episode she'll share how she made less than .75 cents per hour when she started her career, never graduated high school, was married before 18 and still managed to raise an unbelievable family.  Today, she continues to drive, goes to church every Sunday, lives in a two-story house, is a landlord, been widowed for 28 years, and is the most optimistic woman you'll ever meet.

Carsyn, McCoy, Skylar, Brian, Paul, and Paul's sister Jackie bring the podcast to a Great, Great.   

If this episode moves you in any way, please share with friends, family, your teenage kids, and tune in next week. Thank you!

Find the Life In Twenty & Weekly FIVES podcast two ways:
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2. download our podcast to your phone, give us a follow to receive new episodes automatically - we'd be super grateful if you left a review :)

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LIT episode 40.  Let's admit it... planning trips with teenagers is a challenge.  Kids today are spoiled travelers, require a different level of activity to be entertained.  For example, compare your list of places visited before you turned 18 to a list of places you've traveled with your kids.  How many parking lot pools and exterior door motels are on their list?  Exactly.  The bar has been set higher than ever,

So how do you plan an unforgettable trip to the East Coast where a 20 and 17 year old cant wait to go back?  In this episode, Carsyn, McCoy and Paul discuss every aspect of the trip, the costs of each excursion, what they would and wouldn't do again, ratings of each, and final family ranking of all activities and costs. 

You'll literally be able to copy the itinerary of this trip and be the hero trip planner of your family. 

If this episode moves you in any way, please share with friends, family, your teenage kids, and tune in next week. Thank you!

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The M2 money supply and national debt may not be good dinner conversations but they are a critical signal to understand because of how they directly impact your way of life.   Prices are rising faster than our annual earnings. 

In this episode you will learn how much you need to make on your savings/investments to keep pace with the money printing and inflation - the true number.  Wait until you hear some of these shocking totals surrounding the national debt.  The deficit spending is so large now, $2,000,000,000,000 (trillion!) that the interest alone we pay each year on the debt is $950,000,000,000 (billion).  

This episode will bring clarity to what strategies you need to deploy to stop falling further behind.  We also provide updates on the FIVES Challenge, Bucket Tracker, and the Market in this action-packed episode.  

If this episode moves you in any way, please share with friends, family, your teenage kids, and tune in next week. Thank you!

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LIT episode 38.  The Life In Twenty (LIT) podcast co-hosts Carsyn and McCoy get a front row seat to everything Paul has learned in 34 years of gambling following a recent trip to Vegas.  How do you teach your kids about gambling?  

Access to gambling services is at an all time convenience - you no longer need to travel to the state of Nevada being one example.  Increasingly more attractive to addictive behavior of gamblers is the stock market - crypto specifically.  We have become a society of gamblers and its important our kids know the risks and how to keep gambling as form of entertainment and not become an addiction.  

Learn how much Paul lost in Vegas and the 7 tips he's learned the hard way that he wants to pass along to his kids.

If this episode moves you in any way, please share with friends, family, your teenage kids, and tune in next week. Thank you!

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Seat:  Still Open

the 17th edition of the FIVES Series [LIT episode 37]:  Do your teenage kids have any idea how much it costs to provide them food, shelter, and water?  Do you think they are prepared for the high costs of living?  In this episode co-hosts Carsyn (19) and McCoy (16) calculate and review Paul's monthly expenses for May.   

McCoy and Carsyn recap April's expenses and then deep dive into the 5 different expense categories for May using the Life In Twenty Bucket Tracker.

Here’s a free link to download and print The Bucket Tracker:
http://tinyurl.com/y3wcxxzy

FIVES:  Financial Independence Vs. Endless Struggle

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FIVES: Financial Independence Vs. Endless Struggle. No More 9 to 5 until 65.

Seat:  Open
LIT episode 36.  Our Life In Twenty podcast co-host Carsyn is back after being away at college for her freshman year.  In this episode Carsyn shares what college life is like, what she would do different in preparation, what she loves about living in Pullman and what she hates, and how she has her money invested and working for her while in school.

She also discloses her use, some would consider misuse, of Door Dash, a reveal that has Paul in disbelief searching for words.  

And so much more...

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FIVES: Financial Independence Vs. Endless Struggle. No More 9 to 5 until 65.

Seat:  Open

the 16th edition of the FIVES Series [LIT episode 35]:  In this episode we recap the first 15 episodes of the FIVES (financial independence vs. endless struggle) and discuss how theses episodes could be used as a playbook or financial blueprint to accelerating your 'work optional' date.

The first 15 episodes of the FIVES:
Your Financial Freedom Starter Kit, What 90% Don't Know
What is Bitcoin
The #1 Financial Tool - Bucket Tracker
How To Calculate Your Number
The 5 Phases to Reaching Financial Independence
1. Value and Goal Alignment
2. Your Financial Assessment - Reality Check
3. Small, Consistent Daily Actions
4. The Accumulation and Compounding Zone
5. Financial Independence Reached - Working Optional
Bucket Tracker Update - Feb Results
How To Make $35k While On Dream Vacation
How To Create Lasting Change
My 3 Biggest Financial Wins & 3 Biggest Mistakes
Introducing 'Seat Open', Largest F Bucket Win
How To Open An Individual Brokerage Account & Buy Stocks

Here’s a free link to download and print The Bucket Tracker:
http://tinyurl.com/y3wcxxzy

FIVES:  Financial Independence Vs. Endless Struggle

If this episode moves you in any way, please share with friends, family, your teenage kids, and tune in next week. Thank you!

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FIVES: Financial Independence Vs. Endless Struggle. No More 9 to 5 until 65.

Seat Still Open

the FIVES Series [LIT episode 34]:  In this episode we share step by step how to set up an individual brokerage account and buy a stock or bitcoin.  Having a brokerage account is one of Paul's Big 5 to Financial Freedom and a critical piece to having your money work for you.  A brokerage account allows you access to investments outside retirement accounts and better than savings to make working optional before 55. 

We also share updates on the macro, cpi, mortgage rates, FIVES fund, and more.

Here’s a free link to download and print The Bucket Tracker:
http://tinyurl.com/y3wcxxzy

FIVES:  Financial Independence Vs. Endless Struggle

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FIVES: Financial Independence Vs. Endless Struggle. No More 9 to 5 until 65.

the FIVES Series [LIT episode 33]: In this episode we introduce the new 'Seat Open' feature and opportunity for anyone 18 years or older to share their personal financial journey, where they are stuck, and how the LIT podcast can help.  We also do a quick market and FIVES Fund update before talking about how March was a record month for contributions to our F bucket - freedom, future. 

FIVES:  Financial Independence Vs. Endless Struggle

Here’s a free link to download and print The Bucket Tracker http://tinyurl.com/y3wcxxzy

Marrket update
Nasdaq:  down 1.14%, up 11% ytd
S&P 500: down 1%, up 9.7% ytd
Russell 2000 (small cap stocks 200m -10b):  down 4%  over the past 2 weeks, up 1.5% ytd
BTC: - up 6% for the week, up 60% ytd
Oil: up 2.3% for the week, up 18% ytd
MAGS:  Mag 7:  flat for week, up 23 % ytd, (Alphabet, Apple, Amz, Meta, MSFT, NVIDA, Tesla)

FIVES Fund:  +1.4%
Market:  +6.8%
F Bucket:  $9,678

If this episode moves you in any way, please share with friends, family, your teenage kids, and tune in next week. Thank you!

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FIVES: Financial Independence Vs. Endless Struggle. No More 9 to 5 until 65.