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Chapter 1: How can couples effectively combine their finances after marriage?
Live from the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, broadcasting from the Pods Movie and Storage Studio, this is The Ramsey Show. We help you win in your life, specifically your money, your work, and your relationships. 888-825-5225 is the toll-free number for you to jump in. It is your show, America. We're here to help. Help you. I'm Ken Coleman. George Campbell joins me.
And we will walk through your money questions, your work-related questions. Maybe you want to pivot.
Chapter 2: What are the potential pitfalls of the FIRE movement?
Maybe you want a promotion. You're wanting a raise. You're trying to figure out, should I launch the side hustle? Do I go all in on it? Those work-related questions, I'm here to help on those. And George will lead us on the money questions. 888-825-5225. Let's go to Saratoga, New York. The site of, I believe, a very famous Revolutionary War battle, the Battle of Saratoga, George.
I always learn so much when I'm hanging out with you, Ken.
Chapter 3: How should I handle a mismatch between my values and my career?
Yeah, I've decided I'm going to start doing it until they make me stop. A little bit of historical connection to the city where people call in from. Am I getting the thumbs up in there? They don't like that. They love it. I'm going to keep doing it. I'm getting more thumbs up than thumbs down. So, Zach, go pound sand. Thank you very much. Mark is there.
Chapter 4: What should I consider when deciding to accept severance or wait for a potential layoff?
Mark, how can we help? Hi guys. Thanks for taking my call. Um, I'm 24 years old, married. Uh, my wife and I have a two year old soon to be two year old. Um, my wife and I handle our finances separately. Um, she kind of has her own thing. She's got quite a bit of student loan debt. She's got a really good job. She does that.
Chapter 5: How can I be more generous beyond just tithing?
Uh, I have no debt. I have a four year degree, uh, or no student loan debt, but I have $25,000 in credit card debt. Um, I have a pickup truck that's fully paid off. I paid cash for it brand new about six years ago.
And I'm wondering if I should sell the truck, pay off the debt, or if there's a, and take on a new car loan and just have the one payment versus having multiple credit cards, different things and kind of maxed out on a credit card, which is the better way to help improve the credit score. So then we can hopefully get in and combine our finances and go get a house.
There's a lot going on here, my friend, but I think you're well aware of that. I mean, it started with my wife's got her own thing going on, and then we're going to move this to another kind of debt, and we want the credit score. So let's walk through this step by step.
Chapter 6: What are the best strategies for managing debt while planning for the future?
The $25,000 is what kind of debt?
It's credit card.
All credit cards. And what is your income?
So it was about $60,000 to $80,000, and now I play professional sports in the minor leagues and Now I'm transitioning to kind of getting out of the career of that. So right now I'm about $35,000 to $50,000.
So are you doing that part-time?
It's full-time, but it's kind of the writing on the wall, so you're trying to get out of it.
Are you in baseball?
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Chapter 7: How can I balance my career aspirations with financial stability?
Yes.
Okay.
So what is the next thing for you? Have you looked into a different career path?
Yeah, and that's kind of the hard decision because there's jobs out there that I know I've been offered and they're pretty good money and I could take that next chapter. But it's also the possibility of a high-end income or continuing to chase the dream is still in play. So it's kind of that. The dream being sold. Yeah. Baseball.
Chapter 8: What lessons can we learn from those who retired early but regret their decision?
So Major League Baseball. We're talking about big time here. So are you AA, AAA? What's your situation? Yeah, for the last year I've played since I was in high school. So yeah, we're close, but we had a hinder this past year. I got injured and we're coming back and playing not affiliated anymore. So we're trying to get back into it. Yeah, that's the unknown of all unknowns.
Well, the reason I ask is because I've got – I had some buddies. I'm much older than you now, but I had some buddies who went after it. They made it up to double A ball, and they had some injuries. And at some point, you said earlier in this call, the handwriting is on the wall. And then you said about a minute later, but I don't necessarily want to give up on the dream. And I think that –
This is your shot. You got one shot at this. And once you walk away from it, your chances go way, way, way down. And so I think you're going to have to decide here on that point. I want to give it back to George on the money thing. There's a lot going on. But I think at some point you're going to have to decide, what can I do while still trying to stay with the dream? What does that look like?
How can I make the most money in the offseason? How much longer am I going to give it? And I think that's got to play into all of this. Yeah, and I'm even in season now. I'm working part-time whenever I can just to honestly pay my debt. So I'm making minimums, which is frustrating because I see that I'm paying minimums. You see the balance go up. And what's the interest on this credit card?
So it's three different cards. Well, it's two cards and a personal loan. The personal loan was during the birth of my son. And then... The two credit cards, they're not six, so they're anywhere between 15 and 22.
Okay. So the way I see it right now, as of what you described, I'm looking at basically a single guy making 35K trying to pay off $25,000 in credit card debt with high interest.
Which is why my wife and I are separate finances, because my wife's job is
fairly good she has her student loan she covers that we work together for rent in doing that but in terms of this it's like you said i'm looking at the same way 35 000 well at that point get a roommate when we got married this is a team effort man it's both of our incomes that's the wealth building strategy not it's my debt her debt her income my income so what does she make uh she's anywhere between 70 and 90 with commissions okay and then she has just student loan debt
Yep, and then she makes her car payment and everything like that.
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