Upgrading Your Lifestyle: Realistic, Targeted Financial Goal-Setting

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/moneywithkatie Transcripts can be found at podcast.moneywithkatie.com. — Mentioned in the Episode Getting Clear on Your Lifestyle Upgrade: https://moneywithkatie.com/blog/getting-clear-on-the-lifestyle-upgrade Life is a Picture, But You Live in a Pixel: https://waitbutwhy.com/2013/11/life-is-picture-but-you-live-in-pixel.html How 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/@MoneywithKatie Follow 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/2 Follow the Brew! - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorningBrew - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices