Elizabeth Brokamp

Thank you so much, Robert.

It's nice to be here.

It's kind of like take your wife to work day.

Well, what I remember is that we weren't totally aligned with our financial outlook.

That had been less of an issue when we were dating, but it seemed like definitely something we should deal with as a married couple.

For example, I was used to really living on the edge in terms of finances.

So I was cool if I had, you know, enough money to live off Kraft macaroni and cheese for the rest of my paycheck.

And you were you.

You were, you know, very interested in financial stability and creating a safety net and things like that.

not so interested in living on the edge.

So at the time we were working there at The Motley Fool, which is just a great thriving place of young people who are all interested in and talking about money.

And I think through those conversations, we realized that we really needed to get on the same page.

So this one was our way of saying keep your eyes on the long-term prize.

A hamburger today may not be a big deal, but all those small decisions add up over time and could mean that you're delaying something that's arguably much more important to you, like buying a house, for example.

I'm going to give us a grade.

I would say on that one, I would give us an A. I also want to acknowledge fortunate timing.

So we were able to buy a house in 2000, and we...

bought a fixture upper that year, right when the housing market was about to boom.

But I would say beyond even that lucky purchase, it's become a way of life to keep our goals kind of front and center.

So I would say that my biggest suggestion for other people is to make sure that you're checking in periodically and making sure your priorities are still aligned with one another.