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Lucy Blakiston

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
318 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

Yeah, it's actually fun.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

Especially if you're quite like a...

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

Like for me, I'm quite good with goals.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

So I think if I then have a goal and I'm trying to hit it, I get dopamine from like checking my account or like having spare leftover that I could move into.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

I don't know.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

I find it like quite...

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

Fun rather than stressful.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

And I actually think a hot tip for anyone that hasn't done the practical yet is doing like, especially in the beginning when you first start learning how to split your pay, is giving yourself a bit of a money date, like doing once a month sitting down with yourself and just like kind of re-looking at it.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

That's nice.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

For me, something I found I had originally, mine was the opposite to you.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

I had actually, I was putting quite a bit in my surplus thinking I had it, but then I was actually finding myself so stretched every month.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

So I actually pulled back on my surplus and it's taken quite a few months to get to a place and it's still, I don't put much in now because otherwise I'm too stressed and I can't spend money on everything else.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

I think the fact we used actual numbers as well, it makes it so much easier because you can actually see how much to put in each.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

Can we say slay?

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

Are we too old to say slay?

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

No, I feel weird.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

So do I. Because you just make it sound so natural and I'm just like.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

I know I said it before, I think like by osmosis.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

And as soon as it came out of my mouth, I was like, I want to crawl into a hole.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

Don't suit that.