Tori Dunlap

So what I do when I invest is I put money into my investing account, put money into my Roth IRA, let's say that's 500 bucks.

And then I go buy $500 worth of an index fund, right?

It's like getting a gift card.

I like have purchased the gift card.

I need to go buy things with the gift card.

But you're exactly right where the jargon is not an accident.

The jargon is meant to make you feel dumb.

And it's also...

meant to make men feel smart.

Like, honestly, it's just there to like, you could call all of these things different names and make it much simpler, but I think it feels more sophisticated if they have a sophisticated name.

And really at the end of the day, that is what investing is, is putting your money in these accounts, making sure you've actually purchased your investments or else your money's just sitting in purgatory and then doing that over and over and over and over again.

And that's investing.

It's not much more complicated than that.

And how often are you looking at that?

Once a month, every month, once a month.

Yeah, in my financial self-care time, right?

In my money date time.

But I think beyond that too, this is where we have to create systems with our money.

And this is the thing I don't think enough people talk about, which is you will go through a state, maybe after you listen to this episode, where you realize I have not looked at my money in a long time.

And then you will become obsessed and you'll look at your money all of the time.