Liz Gets Loaded
Episodes
10.9 Three aha moments from this month's money date
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pausing and reflecting actually works. Who knew.
10.9 Why I don't have children (but I like yours)
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A saw something and it made me mad so I'm talking about it
10.8 You talked me into a $2k impulse buy!
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I make decisions just based on the results of my polls in instagram stories. Cuts down on decision fatigue!
10.7 Three things I wanted to buy but passed on
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A potpourri this week! Tracking things, not buying things, and my hot-(ish) take on the stock market.
10.6 I bought a $600 blow dryer, was it worth it?
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I succombed to the siren song of a Dyson Airwrap. It changed my life in a surprising way!
10.5 My anti-returns stance
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I thought this was going to be a quick like 9 minute episode but somehow I managed to talk about how I feel about making returns for 20 minutes. Thank...
10.4 Ugh finfluencers
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A petite rant
10.3 My truly unpopular opinion about not keeping up with the Joneses
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's not necessarily bad advice but I don't think it's helpful advice
10.2 - Damp January is good for your budget
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
January's spending recap!
10.1 My 2025 goals are already hard
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I mean some of them are hard. Eating more cucumber sandwiches has been easy.
Day 31 - How I'm going to make 2025 awesome
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I'm going to write a song about cucumber sandwiches
Day 30 - Word of the year (It might change your life)
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
or like it might not
Day 29 - Wins and fails in a tough year
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It wasn't all bad. And it wasn't all good, ha.
Day 28 - Pardon the brag: things I accomplished in 2024 (that weren't on my list of goals)
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not a super long list, but some things I'm proud of
Day 27 - Your questions!
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And my far too long answers
Day 26 - What should I do with an extra $1,000?
26 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every year my parents gift me money for Christmas. How I've used it in years past and my plans for this year.
Day 25 - Our 2024 Subscriptions (and what I canceled)
25 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's always more than you think.
Day 24 - Online annoyances in 2024
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A silly list of things that bugged me.
Day 23 - Things I didn't share online in 2024
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fully see the irony in sharing what I didn't share.
Day 22 - Our sporadic 2024 income
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fingers crossed for a more boring 2025
Day 21 - Every dollar we spent in 2024
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A full annual recap. To quote Carrie Bradshaw, "Where did all my money go? I know I made some."
Day 20 - December spending recap
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My usual monthly spending recap. Tomorrow will be the annual spending recap!
Day 19 - Every TV show from 2024
19 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Comfort TV was the name of the game last year
Day 18 - My actual early retirement plan
18 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Where the money comes from, where we'll live, and what I'll do all day.
Day 17 - How we saved enough in 2024
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Oh look I actually did a short-ish episode
Day 16 - I have complicated feelings about Amazon
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And I don't think I'm the only one.
Day 15 - All the data I tracked about myself in 2024
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I think maybe it was too much. But probably less than the big tech companies tracked about me!
Day 14 - How much I spent on books
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Honestly it was less than I thought it would be.
Day 13 - 2024 Goals: Wins and total fails
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It was definitely a mix
Day 12 - Liz Gets Loaded income 2024
12 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All the details from all the streams
Day 11 - Books that changed my views in 2024
11 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Plus one novel I just really liked
Day 10 - Guess what I spent 15,038 minutes doing in 2024
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It wasn't scrolling. (That was probably more.)
Day 9 - My exact systems to manage our money
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The systems that worked for us in 2024. Look at me, I remembered to put links in the show notes: Monarch Money: https://www.monarchmoney.com/referra...
Day 8 - How much I paid in taxes
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Too much and not enough.
Day 7 - How to increase your grocery budget by 50%
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Follow for more financial tips!
Day 6 - My no clothing buy year (kind of)
06 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You tell me if I did or not ha.
Day 5 - Worth the money purchases in 2024
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Best used dollars of last year.
Day 4 - How much we gave to charity in 2024
04 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It felt harder this year, but we got there.
Day 3 - Big changes to my drinking habits in 2024
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I tracked every sip and every dollar spent. Here's the recap!
Day 2 - Honestly? 2024 almost broke me
02 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Im just going to get all the tragedy and chaos out of the way. Here's every misery the universe threw our way.
Day 1 - 31 Days of Podcasting!
01 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What you can expect and how we wrapped up the year
8.18 What I'm asking for this Christmas
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I've seen a lot of gift guides, but I struggle more with what to actually ask for myself. Here's what I came up with this year!
8.17 2024 has officially kicked my butt
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
October and November spending recaps
8.16 How much I'm willing to spend to look younger
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What I'm doing and spending in the three big beauty categories: nails, hair, and skin
8.15 Health insurance, politics, and meeting you in person <3
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Choosing my health insurance this year, how my Seattle meet up went, and my thoughts on the election if you care!
8.14 How I'm feeling about my Oura ring and Lexapro
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Another week where I try a new thing to fix my whole life. Did it work??
8.13 Being anxious is expensive and some life updates!
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A few life updates!
8.12 I did whatever I wanted for an entire month--here's the bill
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A September spending recap, and a recap of Do-Whatever-You-Want-September!
8.11 Spilling financial secrets
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Secret debt, secret inheritance, secretly investing tons of money. The stuff happening in the background of our lives!
8.10 Soooo how are everyone's new years resolutions going?
30 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wins and fails when it comes to my 2024 goals.
8.9 Too soon to start 2025 planning? (Readddyyyy for this year to be over)
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I started planning for 2025 just for fun and it brought up some feeeelings.
8.8 August's recordbreaking spend and rolling into "Do what you want" September
09 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Wild times around here. Wild times!
8.7 Liz Gets Loaded behind the scenes: how much money, how many listeners, how much fun!
02 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Reflecting on 100k downloads! 150-something episodes and 2.5 years of my favorite hobby I've ever had.
8.6 Confession: We're in credit card debt
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Just a little personal identity crisis over here, no big deal!
8.5 Discipline, Drinking, and other things on my mind
18 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I couldn't settle on one topic this week so you get 5 baby topics.
8.4 My honest review of Nectarine
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nectarine is a start up aiming to disrupt the financial advisor industry. To be clear, they don't know I tried it! I was like a secret shopper. I ...
8.3 Hundreds of dollars on takeout: July's spending recap
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
July was bonkers, here's what we spent all our money on
8.2 Lawyer fees and burritos: how we spend $7k in June
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
June's spending recap! And a recap of the first half of the year.
8.1 Let's catch up - Medical drama, Meet ups, and My amateur political opinions
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a minute! Here's what's been going on with me. I missed ya!
4.18 Charitable giving hacks: 'Smart giving' through Effective Altruism and Donor Advised Funds: what I've learned and how it changed how I give. [From the archives]
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
[From the archives] This week I mentioned donor advised funds in an IG story and got a few DMs asking if I could do an episode about them! So I'm ...
7.17 - Moving into a smaller house, hitting our medical deductible, and debating a belt
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's a mixed drinks episode! So instead of longer thoughts on one topic, shorter thoughts on three topics.
7.16 How we spent 10k in May, my monthly spending recap!
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Aye aye aye everything is adding up in more way than one.
7.14 Is Unlimited PTO a scam?
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I have heard this said a lot (and I have repeated it) so I set out to find out if people with unlimited PTO really take less time off.
7.13 Money coming out of the walls! April's budget recap
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You know I will complain, complain, complain when expenses are high so I gotta celebrate when the income is unexpectedly high, and in April money was ...
7.12 Nine goals for 2024 - 3 fails, 4 wins, and 2 in progress
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An update on where my 2024 goals stand as we're one third of the way into the year.
7.11 Life Hack: Pilots, prototypes, and MVPs
21 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Using the concept of an MVP, minimum viable product, as a way to try things before you drop money on a concept.
7.10 A 2% savings rate for March
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One income plus one time big expenses means those paychecks go quick. A recap of everything we spent money on in March.
7.9 You can (probably) do your own taxes
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I just think you're incredibly smart and capable and I want you to know I believe in you. Federal Income Tax Calculator (2023-2024) (smartasset...
7.8 Selling 200k in company stock and shedding career emotional baggage
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's so easy to get attached to stock that you're holding and can be hard to know when to sell it. But especially when it was part of your com...
7.7 I got a bonus! How much and how I spent it
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Feeling lucky to have extra money coming in and also like I spent it in the most boring way possible except for jussssst one splurge.
7.6 Money ups and downs - what's going well and stressing me this month
11 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Funding IRAs, medical bills, concert tickets, and other places my money and energy are spending time.
7.5 How our budget changed living on one income - February's spending recap
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
February was our first month living entirely on just my paychecks! And candidly our savings rate fell into the single digits. This episode has the sco...
7.4 Dying for a Paycheck - A book that changed the way I think about work
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I listened to this podcast: Home - rich & REGULAR (richandregular.com) And it recommended this book: Dying for a Paycheck - Jeffrey Pfeffer And...
7.3 I broke up with You Need a Budget. Meet my new budgeting BFF
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A detailed, more than you wanted to know comparison between Monarch Money and YNAB (You Need a Budget)
7.2 - January spending recap - guess what we spent 17k on
13 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Every month I do a little recap of how we spent. January was weird and boring at the same time.
7.1 A dozen things I resisted buying at Costco
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I went to Costco and made a list of all the things I almost put in my cart but didn't and then I shared that list with you.
Day 31 - Big audacious goals for 2024
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Okay nine goals for 2024. I think the first one will make you laugh and number 8 will be your favorite.
Day 30 - 23 wins! Things I accomplished in 2023 that weren't part of my goals
30 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From figuring out how to use a public EV charger to finally signing up for that cooking class, a list of things I feel happy and proud about from 2023...
Day 29 - The media that shaped my thoughts in 2023
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Books, shows, podcasts and even IG accounts that I spent some quality time with in 2023. A non-exhaustive list!
Day 28 - My half-hearted attempts at travel hacking in 2023
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I mean, I still got like a couple thousand dollars in value even being super lazy. Here's the breakdown!
Day 27 - a 2023 Spending Recap!
27 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Moooost expensive year ever!
Day 26 - December Spending Recap
26 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
December was simultaneously a frugal-ish month and also a month we dropped major $$$ on a vacation that I didn't totally love. Come hear all about...
Day 25 - What I would have done differently in 2023
25 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Regrets, wishes, mistakes, and the lesson I can't seem to learn!
Day 24 - How the podcast did in 2023
24 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Most popular episodes, how much money I've made, how the ads work in general, how many people listen per week!
Day 23 - Things I decided not to share online in 2023
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I know it seems like I have no filter and I overshare constantly but believe it or not there are things I have been holding back!
Day 22 - 2023 Goals - Failures, Wins, and I-just-give-ups
22 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How did I do? The goals I fully completed and the ones I abandoned or totally face planted on.
Day 21 - Can we retire anytime soon? Progress in 2023
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Big progress towards retirement savings goals in 2023 but not so much progress towards wrapping my brain around actually doing it.
Day 20 - How I spent $1000 in Christmas money
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Annnnd what I've done in years past.
Day 19 - Stuff that bugged me about Instagram in 2023
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I try to look on the bright side but here are 4 things that drove me bananas last year.
Day 18 - Subscriptions! Convenience or budget drain?
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What I subscribed to (and what I regretted) in 2023
Day 17 - What I paid in taxes in 2023
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The total I had withheld in taxes and of course how I felt about it.
Day 16 - Purchases that drained me in 2023
16 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Things that did not bring me joy.
Day 15 - Five purchases that sparked joy in 2023
15 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Five things that I absolutely loved in 2023. The very best charging cable: https://amzn.to/47ITfbW (That's an affiliate link!)
Day 14 - How much we saved in 2023
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
And why it doesn't really matter and why you shouldn't obsess about it like I do.
Day 13 - How choosing a word of the year changed my life (and some ways it didn't)
13 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I've been choosing a word of the year and it's showing up in ways I didn't totally expect.
Day 12 - How long I keep a dollar before spending it - my YNAB "age of money"
12 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A key metric in YNAB is age of money! Here's how we did in 2023.
Day 11 - How much alcohol I drank in 2023
11 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
TWO IMPORTANT THINGS: One, I mistakenly said it was Day 12 because I was tired and counting is hard. Two, I forgot to tell you the total spent! It was...
Day 10 - What I tracked (besides money) in 2023
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peloton minutes, books read, hours outside! There's lots of things you can obsessively track.
Day 9 - How much we gave to charity in 2023
09 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I'm a big fan of the effective altruism movement! The Life You Can Save - Enter your income and get a suggested annual budget for giving
Day 8 - Spending a lump sum of cash
08 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Did I save it, invest it, or use it to pay off debt? Listen to find out.