
Buy What You Love - Value-Based Spending - Jen Smith | MHFI 250
About this episode
Doug chats with Jen Smith, author & co-host of the Frugal Friends podcast. Jen shares her journey of paying off $78,000 of debt, her no-spend challenge, value-based spending, addressing financial guilt, and the importance of community support. She also introduces her new book, “Buy What You Love Without Going Broke” (co-authored by podcast partner Jill Sirianni) and discusses the book-writing process along with some of the challenges.
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Links
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- Frugal Friends
- Jill Sirianni & Jen Smith, “Buy What You Love Without Going Broke”
- Money Magazine, “A Growing Number of People Are Getting Rich Selling T-shirts Online”
- Jen Smith, “The No-Spend Challenge Guide”
- FinCon
- Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
- “Sounds Like a Cult” podcast
- MHFI Facebook group
- Doug’s site
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