Best lizgetsloaded Podcasts (2024)

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4.18 Charitable giving hacks: 'Smart giving' through Effective Altruism and Donor Advised Funds: what I've learned and how it changed how I give. [From the archives] 17:41

23d ago17:41

17:41

[From the archives] This week I mentioned donor advised funds in an IG story and got a few DMs asking if I could do an episode about them! So I'm re-running this episode from last year. Other episodes older than a year are behind a subscription on Spotify. - Charitable giving hacks: 'Smart giving' through Effective Altruism and Donor Advised Funds:…

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7.17 - Moving into a smaller house, hitting our medical deductible, and debating a belt 12:14

30d ago12:14

12:14

It's a mixed drinks episode! So instead of longer thoughts on one topic, shorter thoughts on three topics.

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7.16 How we spent 10k in May, my monthly spending recap! 19:20

1M ago19:20

19:20

Aye aye aye everything is adding up in more way than one.

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7.14 Is Unlimited PTO a scam? 20:50

2M ago20:50

20:50

I have heard this said a lot (and I have repeated it) so I set out to find out if people with unlimited PTO really take less time off.

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7.13 Money coming out of the walls! April's budget recap 19:22

2M ago19:22

19:22

You know I will complain, complain, complain when expenses are high so I gotta celebrate when the income is unexpectedly high, and in April money was coming out of the walls.

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7.12 Nine goals for 2024 - 3 fails, 4 wins, and 2 in progress 15:21

2M ago15:21

15:21

An update on where my 2024 goals stand as we're one third of the way into the year.

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7.11 Life Hack: Pilots, prototypes, and MVPs 12:09

3M ago12:09

12:09

Using the concept of an MVP, minimum viable product, as a way to try things before you drop money on a concept.

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7.10 A 2% savings rate for March 17:04

3M ago17:04

17:04

One income plus one time big expenses means those paychecks go quick. A recap of everything we spent money on in March.

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7.9 You can (probably) do your own taxes 14:36

3M ago14:36

14:36

I just think you're incredibly smart and capable and I want you to know I believe in you. Federal Income Tax Calculator (2023-2024) (smartasset.com)

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7.8 Selling 200k in company stock and shedding career emotional baggage 12:08

4M ago12:08

12:08

It's so easy to get attached to stock that you're holding and can be hard to know when to sell it. But especially when it was part of your compensation from a job. I finally let go of stock I've been holding onto because it represented my career growth and my blood, sweat, and (literal) tears.

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7.7 I got a bonus! How much and how I spent it 16:05

4M ago16:05

16:05

Feeling lucky to have extra money coming in and also like I spent it in the most boring way possible except for jussssst one splurge.

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7.6 Money ups and downs - what's going well and stressing me this month 12:55

4M ago12:55

12:55

Funding IRAs, medical bills, concert tickets, and other places my money and energy are spending time.

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7.5 How our budget changed living on one income - February's spending recap 18:55

4M ago18:55

18:55

February was our first month living entirely on just my paychecks! And candidly our savings rate fell into the single digits. This episode has the scoop.

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7.4 Dying for a Paycheck - A book that changed the way I think about work 9:48

5M ago9:48

9:48

I listened to this podcast: Home - rich & REGULAR (richandregular.com)And it recommended this book:Dying for a Paycheck - Jeffrey PfefferAnd now I'm recommending it to you!

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7.3 I broke up with You Need a Budget. Meet my new budgeting BFF 26:33

5M ago26:33

26:33

A detailed, more than you wanted to know comparison between Monarch Money and YNAB (You Need a Budget)

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7.2 - January spending recap - guess what we spent 17k on 14:52

5M ago14:52

14:52

Every month I do a little recap of how we spent. January was weird and boring at the same time.

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7.1 A dozen things I resisted buying at Costco 13:50

5M ago13:50

13:50

I went to Costco and made a list of all the things I almost put in my cart but didn't and then I shared that list with you.

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Day 31 - Big audacious goals for 2024 13:57

5M ago13:57

13:57

Okay nine goals for 2024. I think the first one will make you laugh and number 8 will be your favorite.

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Day 30 - 23 wins! Things I accomplished in 2023 that weren't part of my goals 12:57

5M ago12:57

12:57

From figuring out how to use a public EV charger to finally signing up for that cooking class, a list of things I feel happy and proud about from 2023.

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Day 29 - The media that shaped my thoughts in 2023 12:39

5M ago12:39

12:39

Books, shows, podcasts and even IG accounts that I spent some quality time with in 2023. A non-exhaustive list!

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Day 28 - My half-hearted attempts at travel hacking in 2023 11:31

5M ago11:31

11:31

I mean, I still got like a couple thousand dollars in value even being super lazy. Here's the breakdown!

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Day 27 - a 2023 Spending Recap! 23:12

6M ago23:12

23:12

Moooost expensive year ever!

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Day 26 - December Spending Recap 15:00

6M ago15:00

15:00

December was simultaneously a frugal-ish month and also a month we dropped major $$$ on a vacation that I didn't totally love. Come hear all about it!

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Day 25 - What I would have done differently in 2023 8:23

6M ago8:23

8:23

Regrets, wishes, mistakes, and the lesson I can't seem to learn!

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Day 24 - How the podcast did in 2023 17:03

6M ago17:03

17:03

Most popular episodes, how much money I've made, how the ads work in general, how many people listen per week!

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Day 23 - Things I decided not to share online in 2023 10:03

6M ago10:03

10:03

I know it seems like I have no filter and I overshare constantly but believe it or not there are things I have been holding back!

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Day 22 - 2023 Goals - Failures, Wins, and I-just-give-ups 9:14

6M ago9:14

9:14

How did I do? The goals I fully completed and the ones I abandoned or totally face planted on.

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Day 21 - Can we retire anytime soon? Progress in 2023 7:49

6M ago7:49

7:49

Big progress towards retirement savings goals in 2023 but not so much progress towards wrapping my brain around actually doing it.

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Day 20 - How I spent $1000 in Christmas money 7:43

6M ago7:43

7:43

Annnnd what I've done in years past.

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Day 19 - Stuff that bugged me about Instagram in 2023 8:56

6M ago8:56

8:56

I try to look on the bright side but here are 4 things that drove me bananas last year.

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Day 18 - Subscriptions! Convenience or budget drain? 10:25

6M ago10:25

10:25

What I subscribed to (and what I regretted) in 2023

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Day 17 - What I paid in taxes in 2023 7:42

6M ago7:42

7:42

The total I had withheld in taxes and of course how I felt about it.

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Day 16 - Purchases that drained me in 2023 9:02

6M ago9:02

9:02

Things that did not bring me joy.

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Day 15 - Five purchases that sparked joy in 2023 10:46

6M ago10:46

10:46

Five things that I absolutely loved in 2023. The very best charging cable: https://amzn.to/47ITfbW (That's an affiliate link!)

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Day 14 - How much we saved in 2023 9:38

6M ago9:38

9:38

And why it doesn't really matter and why you shouldn't obsess about it like I do.

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Day 13 - How choosing a word of the year changed my life (and some ways it didn't) 9:24

6M ago9:24

9:24

I've been choosing a word of the year and it's showing up in ways I didn't totally expect.

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Day 12 - How long I keep a dollar before spending it - my YNAB "age of money" 10:54

6M ago10:54

10:54

A key metric in YNAB is age of money! Here's how we did in 2023.

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Day 11 - How much alcohol I drank in 2023 12:16

6M ago12:16

12:16

TWO IMPORTANT THINGS: One, I mistakenly said it was Day 12 because I was tired and counting is hard. Two, I forgot to tell you the total spent! It was $951 for two people. That's around $71 a month.

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Day 10 - What I tracked (besides money) in 2023 12:27

6M ago12:27

12:27

Peloton minutes, books read, hours outside! There's lots of things you can obsessively track.

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Day 9 - How much we gave to charity in 2023 9:47

6M ago9:47

9:47

I'm a big fan of the effective altruism movement! The Life You Can Save - Enter your income and get a suggested annual budget for giving

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Day 8 - Spending a lump sum of cash 14:35

6M ago14:35

14:35

Did I save it, invest it, or use it to pay off debt? Listen to find out.

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Day 7 - I saved a boatload of money by using the library in 2023 11:47

6M ago11:47

11:47

I love books and I love free books even more.

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Day 6 - Net worth changes in 2023 7:36

6M ago7:36

7:36

2023 was completely bonkers in the stock market. My net worth has been waving around like those inflatable guys outside a car dealership.

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Day 5 - How my credit score has swung wildly 8:08

6M ago8:08

8:08

My credit score from January to December and two times I realized how fickle (and important!) the score can be.

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Day 4 - Instagram/Podcast income from 2023 9:55

6M ago9:55

9:55

It's not much but it adds up!

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Day 3 - I learned I #$%^ hate doing a pantry challenge 6:34

6M ago6:34

6:34

One more day on food, and then we'll move onto other topics. I was reminded that we're not all wired the same and I am wired to hate doing pantry challenges.

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Day 2 - What we spent on food in 2023 9:18

6M ago9:18

9:18

Everyone's favorite spending category--food! How much two people spent to feed themselves in 2023.

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Day 1 - 31 Days of Reflection 4:34

6M ago4:34

4:34

Kicking off 31 days of a new episode every day in January!

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5.24 Christmas spending and the dumbest home repair bill - our November recap! 20:27

7M ago20:27

20:27

Every month I'm like how did we spend all this money? What I use to track my spending. Monarch pulls in transactions automatically and then once I month I copy-paste everything into My Wealth Dashboard for allll the beautiful graphs. (And so my data isn't ever held hostage by a third party.) These are both referral links! https://www.monarchmoney.c…

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5.23 Life update: From dual income household to single income 15:48

7M ago15:48

15:48

Whomp whomp. Here's what's happening, how it's affecting my finances and how it's affecting my emotions.

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