Ep 241: Can You Afford to Retire? Start With This Number

So let's just talk for a minute about my favorite topic, which is your relationship with money.

And I mean, what kind of a relationship with money did you have around the time you went into, I mean, as a kid, as going into the military? I mean, maybe it changed over time or maybe not.

Yeah.

No.

I mean, it has changed over time.

But at that time, it was a very bad relationship.

I did not know anything about budgeting.

I didn't know anything.

I mean, nothing.

As a kid in high school, I worked at Mervin's.

I don't know if anyone remembers Mervin's.

I remember

Mervin's.

Yeah.

And I remember just receiving a paycheck, being able to just buy whatever.

And I did.

Because I had no idea what to do with it.

I mean, if we think about this, my mom had a car.

She had an old Saturn.

And my grandfather was helping pay for it, her dad.

And he decided that he didn't want to pay for it anymore for various reasons.

Didn't like the car.

I don't know all the details.

I was pretty young.

But his advice to her was to get it repossessed.