Courtney Harrell (Host)
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3 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard May 2025
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Yeah, me too. I will check in with you on the other side of your week. Okay.
Total spending for day one, $250.38. Day two.
PCOS, or polycystic ovary syndrome, is an imbalance of hormones. It causes all kinds of problems, including excess hair growth.
A debt snowball is a strategy to tackle debt. It basically has you pay off your smallest debts first, and then once that's paid off, you roll the payment you were making towards that debt into your next smallest debt. And then you roll that snowball on and on and on until all your debt is paid off. Kelly loves tracking her debt snowball.
Kelly grew up in Colorado Springs, where her mom was a substitute teacher and her dad was an IT manager. What was money like growing up?
Kelly's total spending for day two was $0, with a surprise income of $1,000. And that brings us to day three. Day three turned out to have another fun surprise. Kelly helped throw a lip filler party for their clients at the med spa where she works. So as a reward, her boss said she could get a treatment for free.
Kelly got gas for her car, some pretzel bites, and a Coke, bringing her total for the day to $75.
Have you ever been that carefree about money?
Total spending for day four, $144.80. Day five.
After getting coffee, Kelly went to work. She ended up buying an audiobook for $15. And then after work, she went straight to PT.
You talked a bunch in your diaries about wanting a kid.
What is the number or the situation that will tell you that you can do it?
Altogether, Kelly's spending for the week was $581.83. What was the experience of tracking your finances for the week like?
Kelly lucked out and didn't get selected for jury duty. And in the month after we recorded this episode, her debt dropped to $200,000. What we spend is an Odyssey original podcast. It's written and hosted by me, Courtney Harrell. Our producers are Margo Gray and Kristen Torres. Our editor is Jonathan Menjivar. Our executive producers are Maris Brunkheiser and Leah Reese Dennis.
Theme song and original music by Matt McGinley. Additional music from APM Music. Mixing by Pedro Alvira. Special thanks to Melissa Akiko Slaughter, Joel Lovell, Jenna Weiss-Berman, J.D. Crowley, Maura Curran, Josefina Francis, Kurt Courtney, Hilary Sheff, Sean Cherry, Laura Berman, and Hilary Van Ornam. If you want to be on What We Spend, we'd love to hear from you.
Write us at whatwespendpodcast at gmail.com.
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