130 - This week we revisit a conversation from a recent episode, where Heather lost her mind over a $35,000 used Hermès purse. Spoiler alert: she's still bent out of shape about it!
Regardless, we're circling back to the self-assigned task of spending an (unfortunately) imaginary $100,000 in an entirely frivolous way. You'd think this would be easy, but we both struggled! Find out what we decided—and how you can weigh in with your own selfish-by-design spend.
What To Listen For:
Check out the Circle thread to share your hypothetical shopping list! (Favorite answers so far? A hot air balloon on standby; a storm-chasing vacation; and alllll the cast-iron waffle irons.)
Resources From This Episode:
JOIN THE PARTY:
130 - This week we revisit a conversation from a recent episode, where Heather lost her mind over a $35,000 used Hermès purse. Spoiler alert: she's still bent out of shape about it!
Regardless, we're circling back to the self-assigned task of spending an (unfortunately) imaginary $100,000 in an entirely frivolous way. You'd think this would be easy, but we both struggled! Find out what we decided—and how you can weigh in with your own selfish-by-design spend.
What To Listen For:
Check out the Circle thread to share your hypothetical shopping list! (Favorite answers so far? A hot air balloon on standby; a storm-chasing vacation; and alllll the cast-iron waffle irons.)
Resources From This Episode:
JOIN THE PARTY:
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Welcome back to the hair of the dog podcast.
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Heather's back this week.
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And this week we are talking about how her and I
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are going to spend a hundred thousand dollars.
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Now these are just hypothetical a hundred thousand dollars,
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but it's still a great exercise.
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Nonetheless, one that we promised we'd come back and share.
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After our episode,
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number 1,
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23, money trigger SOS,
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you know,
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the one,
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the one with the $35,000
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air mez purse.
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One I thought was Hermes.
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Anyway, stay tuned.
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Let's spend a hundred thousand dollars and I want to know
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how you are going to spend it to Welcome to the
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hair of the dog podcast.
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If you're a pet photographer,
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ready to make more money and start living a life by
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your design,
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you've come to the right place.
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And now your host,
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pet photographer,
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travel addict,
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chocolate martini connoisseur,
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Nicole Begley.
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Hey, everybody,
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Nicole here from hair of the dog.
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And I am with my special guest,
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Heather Lahtinen.
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And because we promise you a follow up and we are
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here. Hey,
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Heather, Hey,
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how are you?
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I am excellent.
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And I've given some time to think about how I'm going
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to spend a hundred thousand dollars.
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Now I've got to say,
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before we get into this,
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the episode that we're referring to is episode number 1 23.
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It was money trigger SOS,
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where I talked to you off the ledge from said $35,000
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used Aramis purse.
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That was not alleged.
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That was a cliff.
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I was re I'm.
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Still kind of shook up about that so much so that
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I told somebody about it this morning.
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So it's still clearly an issue,
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although it did help to talk it through,
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I just kit,
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you know,
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it comes down to this,
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Nicole. We don't like things we don't understand.
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Right. And I don't understand that.
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And I can't,
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I just can't wrap my brain around it.
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So, and it's too big of a leap,
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I think too,
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you start to push yourself outside your comfort zone,
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like to raise your money tolerance of like what's acceptable to
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have in your account.
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What's acceptable to earn from a photography session.
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You know,
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things like that.
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Like it starts off.
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oh my gosh,
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there's no way I can earn $500 in our session.
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there's no way I'll earn $5,000,
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but then you get to like seven 50 and then maybe
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1500 and then 2000 and then 3000 and then 4,000.
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oh, whatever.
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I can't believe I ever worked for 500 bucks.
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Like my minimum is two grand now.
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So you're just on your ladder.
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You're $35,000.
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You're just currently at least I am currently at $35 at
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targets. Yes.
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TJ Maxx.
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I bought a Michael Kors purse,
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Michael Kors purse,
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excuse me at Marshall's maybe three years ago for like $59.
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whoa, this is too much money.
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I don't know what it was.
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Definitely less than a hundred.
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I'm still carrying that purse.
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It's filthy.
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I just don't care.
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we, we alluded to this previously that there are some things
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that you're willing to spend money on and some things you're
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not, you know,
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and for you it's vacations.
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but purses are just not it for me.
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$35,000 mark,
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but, but I do need to reconcile how I can,
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maybe accept it and not feel like I want to hurl
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myself off a cliff.
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Yes. Yes.
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Well, and in that episode we talked about like,
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you and I both had a hard time coming up with
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ideas of what we would spend frivolously on ourselves because the
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things that we like to spend our money on really benefit
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the whole family.
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So it's,
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it's a lot easier for us to be like,
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oh yeah,
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no, I value travel.
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all together.
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And it's great.
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And it's not just benefiting me and same thing with you
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with like goals of paying off the house and the things
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that you want to spend money on.
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It's benefiting everyone.
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It's like security of the family,
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but we needed an assignment to spend a hundred thousand dollars
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frivolously on ourselves.
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Doesn't benefit any buddy else,
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anybody else That impossible task.
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And At the same time,
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it's like twist my arm like a hundred thousand hypothetical dollars
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on myself.
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Right. I mean,
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I've been thinking about it for several weeks and I'm still
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struggling. So I can't wait to hear yours.
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What did you come up with?
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Okay. All right.
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Well, it started off with like decorating my house and like
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hiring a decorator.
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not the right word,
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but it's just not something I'm ready to invest money in
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for me personally at this time,
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which the funny thing that happened because of that.
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So decorating my house is where I started.
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and things.
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like doing a whole little bedroom remodel mostly because I don't
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know, it's like a hodgepodge of stuff and we have furniture.
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It's like heavy wood furniture,
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like darker wood furniture.
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Like it's a pretty sleigh bed,
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but it's just,
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if I were picking out bedroom furniture now it's not what
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I would choose.
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I'm like,
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well, I can update this without having to buy new furniture.
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So I always felt before,
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it's like,
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oh, I'm going to buy us.
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Like whatever I have furniture,
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it's fine.
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No one even sees it likes my bedroom.
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I spend like every night for eight plus hours in there,
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I fold laundry.
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What seems like every afternoon because my family seems to wear
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a lot of clothes.
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so I started looking on Pinterest,
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we're going to do like a board and Batten on the
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back wall with just like tall,
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vertical wood stripes and painted like a really dark blue and
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then repaid the rest of the house.
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Maybe we put some draperies up and I'm going to kick
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off. I have like this fake tree in the corner that
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just collects dust.
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I'm going to put a nice chair there so I can
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sit and read comfy when I want to hide from my
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children. Right.
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Yeah. That's what I'm going to do for that.
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oh, well then this is actually pretty easy.
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woodworking guy that can do that.
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a chair and some draperies done.
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okay, what would it really be?
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it would be a truck and a trailer.
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Nicole, I thought you were buying a truck.
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So Heather,
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I did the math,
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I did the math and I just can't do it.
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I'm like,
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all right,
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if I have a trailer,
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I've got personal property tax because North Carolina is one of
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those you tip states that gives you a nice personal property
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taxes on your vehicles,
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which is lovely.
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I, I like to say that all the states are going
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to get their taxes one way or the other,
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whether it's high property taxes or you know,
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whatever high income tax or high of in California.
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in North Carolina we have personal property taxes on our vehicles.
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There'd be like four new tires to buy and maintain.
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There'd be yearly inspections,
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like all these extra expenses.
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you know,
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it started out of well,
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if I get a tr like my next car,
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I wanted like a suburban or a Tahoe,
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like a SUV on a truck chassis.
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but not like the overnight on a,
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on a car chassis,
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one, not the big truck,
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one like $20,000.
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Less than that big one.
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And I'm like,
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I like the big one.
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I don't like it $20,000
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more, you know,
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like I don't,
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I don't need it.
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It would be nice,
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but I don't need it.
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to shows like six times a year is like a good
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year. And like it's $6,000
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basically to pay to trailer two horses to each show.
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a year,
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I worked out the difference from getting like the Explorer sized
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car to like the F two 50 plus the trailer.
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we're talking a good $45,000
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lot, including the yearly extra upkeep and expenses.
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that would take let nine years to,
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to go through and pay off.
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long story short right now I'm going normal car.
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My frivolous spend would be a truck and trailer,
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but who knows maybe in a couple of years,
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maybe I'll upgrade.
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If we decide that we still want to do it because
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guess what?
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This decision isn't permanent.
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Right. That's okay.
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Very good point then just because you make the decision.
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So w people suffer a lot from decision fatigue because they
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act like they are pouring concrete on their feet.
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You're not is so ask yourself is the decision reversible.
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And for most decisions like almost 99% of decisions are in
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fact reversible,
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because if you did invest in a car and it didn't
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work out,
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you could trade it in.
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You could get a truck.
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If you invested in a truck and you were like,
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whoa, this is too much.
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You could trade it in.
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You know,
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there's always a way that you can reverse the decision,
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but okay,
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you were,
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you were doing this math,
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his calculation on the $6,000
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a year to,
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for somebody else to take the horses to the shows verse
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use. But that,
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but that's not a fair calculation because it's not,
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that's not the only reason.
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I mean,
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you, you want a truck because you like a truck.
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Now, maybe the trailer,
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maybe the trailer,
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that's like a direct comparison,
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but the truck,
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like you've always wanted that big truck.
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Well, it's not necessarily pickup truck.
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I love the,
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I love like the Suburbans and the Tahoes,
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but they're almost as much as the pickup truck and the
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pickup truck is safer and more powerful,
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better suited for pulling two big horses in that trailer.
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I was actually at why I'm camera last week.
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And one of my photographer,
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friends pulled up in her oh,
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it was a view.
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And I said,
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my friend,
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Nicole would be so jealous right now.
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I was like,
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I don't even,
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I said,
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I watched her pull this thing into a parking space.
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I said,
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I got to tell you that was an impressive parking job,
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massive vehicle.
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And she said,
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yeah, I love this truck.
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It was very,
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very fancy.
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It was a nice truck,
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but yeah,
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the price tag reflects that.
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Right. So,
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yeah, so,
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well, and how I knew that I needed to deeper,
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Heather is I've had this resistance around this.
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You have a while that I've been like saying for six
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months, I'm an order and I'm an order I'm going to
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do it.
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Actually. It's been like,
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almost, it's been like since the start of COVID ish.
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So I got the horse.
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So almost two years that it's been like,
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I track and go in a truck and I just couldn't,
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I just couldn't take the next step.
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And I was like,
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is this a money thing?
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Because it's significantly more expensive than I've ever paid for cars
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in the past.
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Is this,
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or is there like,
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is there something else?
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Like, what's my resistance here.
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And then when I did the math and then I made
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this decision,
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it feels lighter and aligned.
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And I'm like,
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yes, we went out and looked at cars on Monday.
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So like,
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yeah. So it's just like,
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I now know it's the right decision at this time,
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just based on my feelings.
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Because again,
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our feelings are a barometer of,
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you know,
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where we are.
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You're wise to question those feelings because feelings can also lead
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us astray.
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They can tell us the truth,
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but they can lead us astray.
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And you're not because I've known you a long time.
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You are not the type of person that makes decisions based
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on your feelings.
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You have a feeling,
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you explore it,
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but then you also look at logic.
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So you're not a,
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a rash decision maker.
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You know,
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you thought this through and you looked at all sides and
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you just couldn't make it make sense.
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Since I'm usually a really quick decision maker,
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it's like,
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oh, all done.
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I made that decision.
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And like,
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every time we've shopped for a house,
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we've looked for one weekend and we're like,
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okay, that one's done.
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I know what I like.
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And I know what I want.
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And when I see it,
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I get it.
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But The F-150 just Not the right time.
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So that would be your frivolous time.
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Although one could argue that that's not entirely frivolous because you
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would be using it for function.
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Yeah. But I can still,
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I I'm still doing the same function.
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It's not changing the function that I'm doing.
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Yeah. Okay.
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Fair enough.
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Yeah. Okay.
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Okay. Great.
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So as of yesterday,
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I mean,
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we had this on the schedule for about a week.
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And as of yesterday I still did not have anything.
404
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And I kept thinking about,
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I was talking to a mutual friend of ours and she's
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like, oh my gosh,
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it's so easy.
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I would get all the plastic surgery.
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She's like anything I didn't like about myself,
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I would just go have it fixed.
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I thought that was funny.
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I'm a,
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I'm a,
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I have some fear around surgery,
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so that's not for me,
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but I just struggle.
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Struggle, struggle in.
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Then I was talking to you about,
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you know,
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we do a lot of recording of podcast podcasts.
421
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Screencasts we teach Lightroom and Photoshop.
422
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We teach online and noise is an issue in my home.
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I'm always complaining about it.
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So I had said,
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I want to build like a tiny home on our property
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where I could have my office in a soundproof room.
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And I would be the only person with a key.
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So I would lock the doors and nobody could get in.
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Okay. But that,
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so I thought I thought of that,
431
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but then it was like,
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no, that's for work.
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And that would be like,
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that would have a function.
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And that would have a purpose.
436
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It's kind of like the truck,
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like you,
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you have this we're recording right now.
439
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You make it work.
440
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Right. It's not that much of a hardship,
441
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you know,
442
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just occasionally inconvenient.
443
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Correct. So I could argue that,
444
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but I thought,
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I wasn't sure if you would allow it.
446
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So I wanted to take it one step further and decided
447
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that this tiny home office situation needs to be in the
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trees. So I would call the tree house master if you've
449
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ever watched that show on TV.
450
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It's so interesting.
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And I would build this tiny home on our property,
452
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but up in the trees,
453
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but I would have it fully functional,
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you know,
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like water,
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electric, heat,
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Everything, Airbnb it a hundred percent.
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Now this is an Investment,
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a hundred percent.
460
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You can't stop me from doing that.
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Okay. It would be,
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it would,
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I would have it so that there was like,
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it was a full house,
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like tiny,
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right. But a full house,
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meaning people could stay,
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we could have guests in from out of town,
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but I would also have my office in it so that
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I could,
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Well, this is going to be a problem.
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You're going to need your office somewhere else.
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Because if you build that in Airbnb,
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it that's going to be on all like the best of
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the tri-state area,
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romantic Airbnbs.
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It's going to be booked all the time.
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So you should just do that as an investment.
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Okay. Okay.
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But listen,
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if that happened,
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then in the investment was doing well,
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then I would have the money to build another tiny house.
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I was planning on using this as an office,
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but I can never get in because it's always rented.
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So that's another one you're going to have a tiny house
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compound with just like this whole little camping.
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Like Actually when we built the homestead,
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part of my dream was just starting with the house.
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And then it was the chicken coop that we have a
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second detached garage in the chicken coop.
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And in my mind it was going to be a chapel.
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I was going to build like a tiny chapel,
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like so cute.
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You like photographers could use it.
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We have areas on the property where photographers come and shoot.
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So I rent out the property.
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So I wanted to have a chapel that I was like,
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oh, I could have like an all glass studio.
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And there was like,
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I need a cabin.
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And then I,
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now I need a Treehouse.
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So I did have this,
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I have had this vision of like this community.
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Now I have not run this by the permitting folks in
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our township at all.
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So I don't know what that looks like,
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but I do like to dream big.
510
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So if I had a hundred thousand dollars to kickstart this,
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and if you won't allow me the tiny house or the
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Treehouse that I would do a chapel,
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which is totally frivolous,
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like who needs a chop on their property,
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but I just want big chapel windows,
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stained glass,
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like with a steeple.
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And I,
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I can actually picture it with like all of this decor
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outside. We could host events,
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but then again,
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photographers could use it.
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It'd be cute.
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Little chicken decorations outside.
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Yeah. A hundred percent the chicken chapel.
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I don't know.
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But it would,
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it would definitely be cute.
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So I,
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yeah, I need those funds.
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So let's,
532
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can we somehow shift this from hypothetical to,
533
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I need investors,
534
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Right. My go fund me page is I love it.
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I love it.
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All right.
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That was it.
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That was,
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we promised we would follow up with you guys with what
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we would spend our money on.
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And I would love to hear from you.
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Somebody actually has sent me a DM this morning that she
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would spend her a hundred thousand dollars frivolous money on more
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tattoos. Yeah.
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I, you know what I'm thinking,
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I'm actually going to post this on my personal Facebook page.
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I'm going to ask people what they would spend the money
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on. They can't say a car or house or investments or
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paying off debt.
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And I bet you get a ton of responses and it
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will be just interesting.
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So maybe people can find me on Facebook and comment there,
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or just read through the comments.
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Cause I bet it's about to get really interesting.
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Aha. I think also one,
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we release this the day we released this,
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my team,
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please take a note because I'll totally forget.
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But anyway,
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we should post in the circle community.
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Yes. That I want your answers.
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I want your a hundred K answers.
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Boom. Actually,
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I'm going to go post in the circle community right now.
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Great idea.
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Because people have already listened to our one about this and
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then we'll link it up in the show notes.
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If you guys want to jump on that thread and let
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us know what your hundred K splurge is,
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I would be so curious.
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Yes, no,
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I love this kind of stuff.
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So fun.
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All right.
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Thanks Heather,
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for checking in with us and we'll see you on another
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podcast soon.
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Bye everybody.
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