Oh My Dollar!

Sometimes it's hard to stick to a budget. But that shouldn't make you feel ashamed. How to get over feelings of shame and deprivation when things are hard and your financial goals aren't working? Here's some money therapy. Check out the transcript and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com Plus Check our 20 in 2020 challenges on the OMD forums. This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members - help out for just $1 a month at http://ohmydollar.com/support

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What work benefits might you actually want to use and negotiate for? We asked the Oh My Dollar! community for the work benefits they actually used - and the ones that were just useless lip service. Check out the transcript and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com Plus Check our 20 in 2020 challenges on the OMD forums. This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members- we are having a new member drive right now and all new members pledges are doubled- help out for just $1 a month at http://ohmydollar.com/support/ 

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What is worth paying someone else to do and what is a waste of money? I asked people what they outsource due to health, disability, time, quality, and more - and what they DIY themselves.

Check out the transcript, and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com Plus Check our 20 in 2020 challenges on the OMD forums. This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members- we are having a new member drive right now and all new members get doubled- help out for just $1 a month at http://ohmydollar.com/support/ 

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How do you know when to quit a project, a goal, or something similar? And how does a to-do-list role playing game teach you about financial goals? Check out the video, the transcript, and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com Plus Check our 20 in 2020 challenges on the OMD forums. This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members- we are having a new member drive right now and all new members get doubled- help out for just $1 a month at http://ohmydollar.com/support/ 

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What's the real cost of choosing one path vs another? What happens when you could've bought a house instead of spending your money on scented candles and fancy rollerblades? What about when you choose to stay home rather than not going out? What about that useless college degree with student loans? Plus, find out a little about Lillian's job updates. Check out the transcript, and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com Plus Check our end of year challenge on the OMD forums. ///// This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members, who make everything we do paws-ible. Learn how to join for $1 a month - and get your pledged doubled this month at http://ohmydollar.com/support/ 

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When you're an employee, you're also an employee with health needs. How do you balance both? We talk with Mac Prichard about how to bring up health care in the job process, and how to negotiate for sick leave without "outing" yourself. Plus, what your rights are for leave in the US and when it kicks in. Should you get COBRA? And more! Check out the video, the transcript, and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com Plus Check our end of year challenge on the OMD forums. This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members, who make everything we do paws-ible. Learn how to join for $1 a month at http://ohmydollar.com/support/ 

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Untangling the difference between a co-pay vs co-insurance and which kind of health care plan is better. Plus, depressing health care headlines. This is the first ever OMD episode with a video version. Check out the video, the transcript, and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com  This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members, who make everything we do paws-ible. Learn how to join for $1 a month at http://ohmydollar.com/support/ 

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It's health care month on OMD for the third time and we're kicking it off with Jean Chatzky and talk about why Health Savings Accounts are rad super special triple-tax free accounts. Check out our full show notes and transcript at ohmydollar.com, supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society Members, who you can learn about at ohmydollar.com/support/

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It's Will's final Oh My Dollar! episode and we talk about how much it cost for him to move cross-country - and also about our halloween themed budget challenge, Budgetober! Join budgetober at http://www.ohmydollar.com/budgetober/ Check out full show notes at ohmydollar.com  - no transcript this week since it is a breezy episode, but every other week our transcripts are provided by our patrons in the Purrsonal Finance Society (who make such a HUGE DIFFERENCE to this show).  This episode was underwritten by patron Tamsen G Association, Warrior Queen, and Chris Giddings.  You can always find me on the Oh My Dollar! forums.

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California just passed legislation that will require gig economy companies like Uber, Lyft, and Amazon to classify workers instead of contractors. This is a big deal outside California, even outside the US.

Check out our transcript and full shows note at ohmydollar.com  - transcripts are provided by our patrons in the Purrsonal Finance Society (who make such a HUGE DIFFERENCE to this show).

This episode was underwritten by patron Tamsen G Association, Warrior Queen, and Chris Giddings.  You can always find me on the Oh My Dollar! forums and pre-order a copy of A Cat's Guide to Money - Lillian's book - now if you missed the kickstarter! (Plus new stickers and a planner!) Visit ohmydollar.com/book/ 

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