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🥳 Happy 2024
Hey pal,
Happy 2024!
Here’s a quote I’ve been thinking about as we start off the first week of the year.
"Each day is a small lifetime. Live a good life today." - James Clear
Your friend,
1. 💸 Emotionally Balanced Money Management with Marsha Barnes (Weird Finance) In this insightful episode of Weird Finance, our guest Marsha Barnes (@thefinancebar) takes listeners on a deep dive into personal finance, financial planning, and the emotional connections to money. This episode also features a segment called Ask Paco Anything.
2. 🤔 Americans Aren't Poor, They're "Pre-Rich" (Young Money)
3. 🏠The Radio Host and the Real Estate Scam (Intelligencer) Victims allege that The Breakfast Club host used his clout to rope them into a Ponzi scheme.
4. 🤓 A bookkeeping thing - How to Determine Who Receives a 1099-MISC or a 1099-NEC (HYG Original)
5. 📖 Frugal vs. Independent (Collab Fund) An important distinction about people who spend less than they earn.
6. 💭 Our 15k Budget Isn't Enough To Pay For A 2023 Wedding (Paco for Refinery29) We're talking about rising wedding costs and how a non-wealthy couple can manage to afford a nuptial fête.
7. 💰 The Dawn of the Transformation Economy (Directions) “The Future Laboratory examines the rise of the Transformation Economy, from activism-led hospitality and ecotourism to a trend toward solitude and radical disconnectivity.”
8. 👜 Your Pristine Hermès Bag, to Some, Looks Tacky (The New York Times) As a growing resale market has made the brand’s handbags available to more people, some say the image that they convey depends on their condition.
If you have a question you’d like me to answer on the Weird Finance podcast, you can leave me a voicemail at 1-833-ASK-PACO. You can also email me your question by replying to this email or emailing us at weirdfinancepod@gmail.com.
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Want money advice that you can actually understand? So much money advice ignores who we are, our background, our values, and our emotions. I’ll show you how to be in better control of your money every week, even if you’re just starting out.
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