Upgrading Your Lifestyle: Realistic, Targeted Financial Goal-Setting
Upgrading Your Lifestyle: Realistic, Targeted Financial Goal-Setting  
Podcast: The Money with Katie Show
Published On: Wed Jan 25 2023
Description: This 20-minute rundown is about an (accidental) three-year study I ran on myself. Back in 2020, I was subjected to hours of content encouraging me to use the “great pause” of a global panini to reassess my entire life. Challenge accepted.At the time, I wrote one of my very first blog posts for a fledgling Money with Katie site, describing all the ways I’d like to level up my lifestyle—the little ways money could buy happiness.I revisited this exercise from my 2023 vantage point and had two major realizations: For starters, most of it came true. Some of it felt the way I thought it would…but a lot of it didn’t. So how can we set financial goals in a way that’ll actually produce the desired feelings we’re striving for? Tune in to find out.Learn more about our sponsor, TaxAct: https://www.taxact.com/moneywithkatieTranscripts can be found at podcast.moneywithkatie.com.—Mentioned in the EpisodeGetting Clear on Your Lifestyle Upgrade: https://moneywithkatie.com/blog/getting-clear-on-the-lifestyle-upgradeLife is a Picture, But You Live in a Pixel: https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/11/life-is-picture-but-you-live-in-pixel.htmlHow to Balance Money & Friendships: https://podcast.moneywithkatie.com/money-friendships-and-quality-of-life-spending-on-high-roi-activities-experiences/—Follow Along at Money with Katie: https://moneywithkatie.com/Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MoneywithKatieFollow Money with Katie!- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moneywithkatie/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/moneywithkatie Subscribe to The Money with Katie Newsletter- Sign up for free today: https://www.morningbrew.com/money-with-katie/subscribe/2Follow the Brew!- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/- Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorningBrew- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrewLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.katiegattitassin.com