Am I Saving Too Much?
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DIY Money | Personal Finance, Budgeting, Debt, Savings, Investing
15 min
3 speakers
4 chapters
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How do the hosts open the episode and set the tone with casual conversation?
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What's up everybody and welcome back to another edition of DIY Money.
DIY Money.
Logan, this might be a sensitive subject, but with all the snow, you had mentioned you were going to get out the Blackstone a few weekends ago. How has that been going?
Well, the Blackstone is good. The pellet smoker, though, is really fire.
Smoker, that's what it is.
The pellet smoker is really fire. And I made a pulled pork the other day that was unreal. It was amazing.
Were you in the UK robe?
Yes.
Real men wear robes. I was in my snowsuit, basically, out there doing it. As you must. It was horrible. I mean, how cold it was. But it was really awesome. And the pork turned out fantastic. And then I did wings as well.
Oh!
Like chicken wings. And that was really good.
How large is the smoker?
Is this like a... No, it's not like a... It's like two feet. I mean, maybe two and a half feet wide. And heavy or no? Yeah, it's heavy.
Because I'm picturing you bringing this to the tailgate when all that craziness starts up in the fall.
No, it's heavy. It's like a grill. If you imagine just like a charcoal grill, it's kind of like that, size-wise. So it's kind of like that. But it is awesome. And I had some really cool things happen over... Some really cool things happen for people are now like sending me some different things. That's really interesting. So my wife is in PA school and she has a good friend that's in PA school and him and his wife, Their brother is like a professional barbecue guy. So I'm going to shout out Tillman's Barbecue, and they sent me all this stuff. They sent me like a barbecue rub, and they sent me like four barbecue sauce. This is not sponsored by DIY Money, but I just had to shout this out because it is awesome.
I got it in the mail yesterday. I am so excited. I got like four different barbecue sauce, and they're like professional winners. Like one of the sauces was named like sauce of the planet or something, best sauce on the planet or something. like that so I don't know I'm fired up I'm that's it's hard right now because I have like these strict rules where I can't eat a certain amount of sugar and stuff through the end of January so I can't really eat brown sugar barbecue sauce that's not really part of the cards but I am so pumped afterwards to be throwing down
I'm going to tell you something that's going to break your heart.
Oh, God. The dog went on the picnic basket.
But I do not own even a grill. So, like, if I'm going to grill chicken, I get out the George Foreman, put it on my countertop.
The George Foreman? Okay, Michael Scott. It's a throwback. You burned your foot on a Foreman grill.
What personal stories about grilling and weekend life do the hosts share to build rapport?
Well, I just never... I guess we have a grill in my, like, complex that I live in. But to be honest, I don't know how it works that well. Like, I think it's a propane grill.
Well, you're in an apartment. It's hard when you're in an apartment, too.
So I got to figure something else out because the George Foreman doesn't get it done. But normally I just, like, end up cooking on the stovetop or the oven.
Yeah, I mean, you could do everything on the stove. And it's hard when it's this cold outside. But it is fun. I just enjoy it. Like, I enjoy... Sitting around the grill. I don't know why. That seems like so lame.
It's like dad energy.
I just put like, yeah, oh, it is. That is me for sure.
Cargo pants.
Yeah. And I put my country music on out there and I just, you know. There you go. It looked really ridiculous with my mittens on and my earmuffs this last weekend, but it was fun. All right. Let's get to our question. We have a good one from Mitch. Mitch, what do you got? D-I-Y.
Howdy, DIY Money Crew. This is Mitch in Minnesota. I have a granular question on when to stop aggressively saving for retirement. My wife and I are in our upper 30s with three young sons. Building wealth for financial security has been a core focus, but at what point are we saving too much for retirement?
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
How do the hosts open the episode and set the tone with casual conversation?
0:00–3:06
2
What personal stories about grilling and weekend life do the hosts share to build rapport?
3:06–14:34
3
When and how do the hosts introduce the listener question about saving too much?
14:34–15:09
4
What are Mitch’s financial details and concerns about possibly over-saving for retirement?
15:09–15:18