Elizabeth Ayoola

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7,306 appearances 88 recordings 1 series first heard Nov 2024 last heard yesterday

Elizabeth Ayoola’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast · Does a Pension Mean You're Set for Retirement? How to Know If You're Really on Track · 31 Aug 2026 podcast

And it's there to enhance your life in those ways. matched

So obviously this is up to you and your goals. matched

And it sounds like you have a very clear plan of where you're trying to go and when you want to retire. matched

And but you know, maybe there's room in your budget to matched

Reduce that savings rate just a little bit, again, depending on your goal, because you don't want to live your life feeling restricted, right? matched

Again, some people do that, especially fire people, because they're working towards I want to retire at this specific age. matched

But if you know that it's weighing heavy on you and you feel extremely limited, it sounds like you have a little bit of wiggle room in your budget to maybe reduce your savings rate so it doesn't feel so constricted. matched

How does that make you feel when I say that? matched

I like that. matched

I'm in some fire reddits and some people start late. matched

But yes, it is a very aggressive goal, but they are restricting themselves of a lot of things to achieve it. matched

Yes, yeah. matched

just generally in life when I am focused on the worst case scenario, what has helped me is matched

I don't know if you're into meditating or envisioning or whatever your practices are, but literally sitting with the best case scenario of everything working out. matched

I can't guarantee you that maybe there won't be a job shortage and you may end up out of work. matched

Who knows with this economy? matched

Anything could happen, but you can rebound and things can get better and you can still land on your feet, right? matched

Sometimes we make this big elaborate plan and life doesn't go how we plan it to go. matched

It goes a different way, but matched

in the end, everything will be just fine. matched

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