Ask Shannah: How to Master Your Money Goals

In this Ask Shannah episode, I'm sharing how to master your money goals inspired by a question from Amanda: "I love your podcast and have been listening for over a year now, being inspired and working towards my goals. Maybe my question isn't really a question but more like a request for a pep talk. I have 4 main money goals that I've been slowly working towards Paying off my student loans, saving 4 months of expenses in my emergency fund, saving $3,000 in what I like to call an "oh shit fund" (I can access this savings account much quicker than my emergency fund), and finally saving for a house. For the past 6 years, I've been laser-focused on paying off my student loans, but because of the pandemic, I decided to shift my focus on hitting my emergency fund goal. Recently, however, I've been struggling with staying focused on achieving the emergency fund goal. I now have only $9,000 left to go of my student loans, and I'm also only 3 months away from hitting my emergency fund goal, but now I'm getting the urge to use basically all of my emergency fund money to pay off my student loans now. I know if I did this, I would feel AWESOME, but know I would feel anxious knowing I had no emergency fund to fall back on. Do you have any suggestions for staying focused on one goal before making a rash decision and jumping to another goal? I know these are all good problems to have, but I would really love some words of encouragement or advice on how to stay focused on my current goal." SPONSORS Thanks to Factor for sponsoring the show. Head to www.factormeals.com/etm50 and use code ETM50 to get 50% off. Thanks to NetSuite for sponsoring the show. Download NetSuite’s popular KPI Checklist for free at www.netsuite.com/etm.  Thanks to ButcherBox for sponsoring the show. Sign up today at www.butcherbox.com/etm and use code ETM to get $20 off your first order. How To Connect with Shannah: Join the Everyone’s Talkin’ Money Newsletter, where you get insider tips, exclusive content, and takeaways from each episode https://tinyurl.com/etmnewsletter  Ask Shannah a question on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/shannahgame/ or TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@shannahgame  Submit a money question for Shannah to answer in an upcoming episode https://tinyurl.com/askshannahq  Leave a 5-star Review here https://ratethispodcast.com/etm  Be a Featured Guest on an episode https://everyonestalkinmoney.com/contact/ Timestamps 00:03:50 Stay focused on your goals. 00:10:13 Stay focused and celebrate milestones. 00:14:44 Celebrate milestones along the way. 00:18:22 Celebrate milestones and visualize progress. 00:24:24 Be intentional with your spending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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