Attention all money nerds! Here at Money Curious we like to learn from a variety of different sources, especially books. Set for Life is a book that the both of us have read and think that it's one of the best books out there for those trying to achieve financial independence. In today's episode, we're going to talk about some of the key takeaways that from Set for Life and how it has helped us so far in our financial independence journey. 

Notes: 

Difference between Frugal and Cheap.

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Its all about the HUSTLE! On this week's episode, we invited Brandyn Rodriguez to share with us on the 5 different side hustles she and her husband took on to pay off $137,000 of debt in under 5 years.

Brandyn discusses how they balanced their finances, faith, and family to make it all happen. With setbacks along the way, Brandyn showcases how teamwork, compromise, and extreme motivation allowed her to become debt-free .

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It's no secret that healthcare workers are a vital part of our society as a whole. They are extremely skilled and intelligent people who have to go through years of difficult schooling to get to where they want to be. However, during this time of developing their skills, who's teaching them about personal finance? That's where Ashley Van Veen comes in! She has figured out her own personal finances and made them a priority when she started he job. Going through her own personal finance journey she knew that she had to let more people know about these concepts, especially her fellow healthcare professionals. With this passion came her platform Bankable Facts where she educates her followers on everything finance. She is also a money coach for individuals in the healthcare industry helping them through their personal finance journey! You won't want to miss this one!

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Let's have a shameless conversion about money! Join us as we speak on common money challenges women face and actionable steps they can take to prepare themselves financially with integrity and renewed determination. 

This week's guest, Nicholle Overkamp, MBA, ChFC®, is a personal finance expert and business coach for women. She’s the Founder & CEO of both Wilcox Financial Group and PowHERhouse Money Coaching. She has tackled the overwhelmingly male-dominated finance industry to share her money mastery skills that foster no-judgement environments where women can be open and shameless about their finances and habits. She knows that a critical factor in growing wealth is one’s mindset and sense of self-worth – it’s about setting boundaries, having discipline, and knowing you’re worth every dollar you invest in yourself, your future, and your life.

She has also co-written the best-selling book, Money Bitch! A No-BS Guide for Smart Women Who Want to Own Their Financial Future.

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Have you ever wondered why your perspective on money is the way it is? Why is it that we all tend to make some decisions that seem to be automatic with our finances? Today we discuss how our relationship with money is directly correlated with our outer circumstances. Specifically with our family. Laura grew up being the oldest sibling of her family while Essien grew up as the youngest of his family. Learn in this week's Back to Basics episode how your approach to finances can be completely different just based on when you were born relative to the rest of your siblings. 

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Have you ever thought of how much you can debt you can pay off in 2 years? What if you could pay down 6 FIGURES worth in that time? Joining us in this week's episode is Mel, also known as @fckdebt on Instagram, to share with us her debt-free journey where she and her husband were able to eliminate $127,868.99 in 2 years!

To become debt-free, Mel had to make several sacrifices such as moving in with her mother-in law, cutting back expenses, and grinding day in and day out to make massive headway in on 6 figures of debt. Tune in to learn how she is investing, saving, and staying the FCK out of debt.

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Your 20s is a great time to find yourself and figure out who and what you want to be in your life. Developing the right habits at an early age can seriously set the trajectory for the rest of your life. Today's guest, Calvin Pringles (yes, like the chips), started off just like the rest of us: lost, not sure what to do or who to become. Then he stumbled onto real estate after talking with his future mentor and he was hooked. Now he's killing it as a full time real estate agent and investor out in Florida and he's only getting started! Calvin drops some major bombs on how he got started with his humble beginnings to where he is now and is excited about the future ahead of him. You won't want to miss this one!

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From podcast host to founder of a non-profit, Nicole Parchani joins us as this week's guest! Nicole is extremely ambitious...Why you ask? Aside from her engineering role at Microsoft, Nicole is the host of her own podcast, The Chatta Box, blogger for The Renaissance Society, and founder of EmpowerU. 

As an international student from the Saint Martin, Nicole quickly learned to manage her personal finances. Tune in to hear her cool approach on why and how she tracks her budget, and to learn why she began her various business ventures.

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Here at Money Curious, we’re big believers in the concept of house hacking. It’s one of the best financial decisions anyone can make. Tune into this week’s episode with Ikenna Okoye, where he talks in detail about how he was able to get 2 house hacks right out of college. In this episode we also talk about the importance of confidence, mentorship, and education, and why these play such a huge role in your financial decisions. Don’t miss this week’s episode!

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So you've done it! You have started learning about personal finance, the FIRE community and excited to get started. But as you're going through this journey, how do you know you're on the right track? What exactly do you look at to make sure you can reach your personal finance goals? Tune into this week's episode where we talk about just that. Today we have a conversation about 3 financial metrics that we track every month that give us a clear picture of our overall financial health: Savings Rate, Credit Score, and Net Worth. We realized that optimizing these 3 areas will help the rest of our finances fall into place. You won't want to miss this one!

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