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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.

So I think I'm going to have to reset this.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

I'm not sure what the tactic is, but it might have to be like... Also, if I invited either of you to dinner and then kind of sat there and were like...

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

I'm just also like... So you're in the red.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

So look, I'm in the red.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

I'm spending all my fun money on dating, which is not what I'd plan my fun money for because then it means I can't spend it on friends and that's just a real like... And I guess if you're like a perpetually single at some point...

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

Don't give me that.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

It's basically like, should anything go wrong, you don't have to get a credit card or like, you know, quote unquote bad debt.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

And K, like you don't want to be paying interest on your emergency to make it even more expensive.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

Yeah.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

So it's like if you have this like pot that you can dip into should your car break down again or โ€“ It's also just peace of mind, right?

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

I will say I think from like a peace of mind standpoint, having an emergency fund for me has been so โ€“

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

Like I can't even explain it.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

I never had this.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

I never knew what an emergency fund was growing up.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

My parents never told me to do it.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

It was probably in the last, I don't know, maybe two years that we started talking about more personal finance type stuff.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

And I had this like light bulb moment of, oh God, okay, well, I don't have an emergency fund.

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

I've got like...

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

So you can kind of have between three and six months of your essentials, right?

The Curve
Why Everyone Needs an Emergency Fund.

So like for me, I went for about four months because six months is a lot of money to just have in like a low interest type situation.