Financially Simple

There are so many traps along the way of the Wealth Game that could keep you from achieving financial independence. Emotions, financial habits, and lifestyle choices can all tie us down to the Wealth Game's first base and prevent us from moving to second—yet, it is not impossible. Those of us who aspire to move beyond first base have to figure out what it takes to reach second base: the stage of asset accumulation. In this episode, I discuss how we can steal second base in the Wealth Game. I explain what lifestyle creeps are and why so many people get stuck in first base. I differentiate appreciating from depreciating assets and enumerate the many ways individuals can accumulate assets. I also highlight the importance of budgeting, discuss how budgeting can liberate our financial lives, and underscore how you can begin efficiently building and accumulating assets.   "In playing the game of wealth, what we're truly after is something that appreciates in value. Otherwise, we won't get much of a lead-off from fi