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Episode 184 - How to Declutter and Make Money FAST!

Welcome to episode #184 of the Debt Free Dad Podcast. Did you know there are 300,000 items in the average American home (LA Times), and according to NPR the average home size has nearly tripled in the last 50 years. We recently completed a declutter challenge with our Roots of Personal Finance membership group. Our members have embraced the challenge and are having tremendous success. Their success is not only helping tidy up some of their spaces, but it's also helping their finances. We will share how on today's episode. 

What You'll Learn

  • Is clutter wreaking havoc and stress on your life? Check out this episode to get some motivation to get that stuff cleaned out and money in your bank!
  • Discover some great tips that have helped our Roots members save thousands of dollars!
  • Learn the benefits of decluttering, and it's not just money related!

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Brad :  

Hey everybody, welcome to episode number 184 of the Debt Free Dad podcast. So did you know that there are, on average, 300,000 items in an American household? According to the LA Times and according to NPR, the average home size has nearly tripled in the last 50 years? Now, we recently completed a declutter challenge with our Roots of Personal Finance membership group, and our members have embraced this challenge over this past month of July and are having tremendous success, and their success is not only helping tidy up some of their spaces, but it's also helping them with their finances, including saving a bunch of money. We're gonna share how they did this on today's episode. Stay tuned.

Speaker 2:  

You're listening to the Debt Free Dad podcast with Brad Nelson. Brad and his co-hosts experience the anxiety of living paycheck to paycheck before learning the fundamentals of financial security. They are now on a mission to empower regular people to pay off their debt for good and enjoy happier, less stressful lives. Keep listening for inspirational interviews, tips, tricks and practical advice to gain financial freedom.

Brad :  

Hey, hey, hey, how's everyone doing today? You can find us on Facebook, tiktok, YouTube and Instagram. Just search Brad Nelson, debt Free Dad. And, as always, guys, welcome to today's show. Remember to get all the resources, show notes and links for today's show. You can head over to balancedcents forward slash 184. That's B-A-L-A-N-C-E-D-C-E-N-T-S. com forward slash 184. And, as kind of just a heads up, a lot of that is going to be changing here as far as our website and all of that information. Just wanna give you guys a heads up on that, that will be coming up. So when you go to that website, you should still be able to access this episode. But we have secured the domain for DebtFreeDad. com. Finally, after years of kind of working a little bit, then taking some time off with the person who owned it, and then Ryan hit a home run on that one. Yay, Ryan. So we will be at DebtFreeDad. com soon enough and Balanced Cents will still be there, but we won't be obviously using that one nearly as much. So, just so you guys have a heads up. Moving forward, those URLs and websites will change a little bit if you're heading over to the website and we'll have some formal announcements coming up on that coming up soon. So, guys, today we're talking all about decluttering. I think this is pretty timely just right now. Obviously, as this episode airs, we're kind of towards kind of creeping towards the end of summer. We got like a month left, so still plenty of time to take advantage of a lot of the information that we're gonna take or share today. Honestly, with decluttering, making some money, being able to build your emergency fund, being able to pay down debt, and we find that this is just an easy area for most people to be able to make some quick cash. And the reason being is because of some of the statistics that we just shared. Opening up the show, you know like 300,000 items in a household and I gotta admit, when I first heard this, they actually shared this on was one of the minimalism. It was a documentary they did on Netflix and this came out several years ago, three, four years ago, and I remember hearing the statistic on there. I was like there's no way I have 300,000 items in my house, and then I moved you don't think of like every little item, though. Yeah, but then I moved and I'm like I think I was wrong, because I might have more. It is amazing how much stuff you can cram it. Even we lived in a pretty small house. I wanna say it was maybe, maybe 1,100 square feet tops. It was not very big and we had so much stuff crammed in that house. It was unbelievable. And when you start pulling some of that stuff out, it's just like how do we have this much stuff Right? Have you guys ever thought the same thing? Obviously, katie, you just got through moving.

Kati :  

Yes, and I have moved across the country twice and somehow all of my stuff exponentially increases between each move and yeah, it's annoying and I'm ready to just live in a van and throw it all away.

Brad :  

Just burn it. Yeah, just burn it. That's how I feel. Like when we moved, I was just like I just we just don't need all of this. And even after you know, Sarah passed away and I had to start going through all of that kind of stuff and I got rid of some of like a whole bunch of my own stuff. It's like there's just so much junk that you just don't use. Don't ever look at. In fact, there's a statistic here I'm gonna share 80% of the items in our house we rarely use. According to surveys conducted by national organization or professional organizers, 80% of the items in our house we rarely use like think about that.

Amber:  

A huge percentage. That is huge.

Brad :  

Like we got rid of um, and maybe I don't know if this is a thing anymore for younger generations. Or you know, like, do you guys remember as kids? You know our parents would have like China? You know like the fancy plates? Is that a thing anymore? Do people do that anymore?

Amber:  

My sister-in-law still does, yep do they yeah, she pulls out the fancy China.

Brad :  

Chris, you're shaking your head. Yes, do you guys do this?

Chris:  

Well, do we do it? No, does my wife do it? Yes, actually she's not too terrible about it, but I mean, I think a lot of people our age, you've got to have the China cabinet to put the China in right, yeah, so I'm thinking I have to say this Living in a van reminded me of Chris Farley and serving up.

Kati :  

But when he did it and you live in a van, that was bad. Now you have to pay like $45,000 to have a nice van that you can drive around and but yes, if I am pulling out actual plates, it is fancy versus paper plates.

Brad :  

So no China here no, china, all right, yeah, I'm not a China, I don't have. I have a place setting for four people and those plates have chips on them because I don't have a dishwasher so I have to hand wash them. So if you come over, it's, it's not fancy and seriously like for the holidays, it's like paper plates all the way. Because then there's no dishes, you throw them away. Yeah, but yeah, I guess that's what I'm wondering is there like a cutoff for that like of a generation? You know, I'm just wondering

Ryan:  

Yeah, yeah, I'm just wondering if you're listening to this.

Brad :  

Send us an email. I'm interested. Send us an email at brad@therealdebtfreedad. com. If you use China, I want to know.

Chris:  

If you don't, and you're like more of a China paper plate person like me, I'd like to know that too maybe it's that same cutoff between millennial and and the generation discussion we were having a few weeks ago, where that age group goes from one to another one's China, one's not right, yeah, like I still have my mom's fancy silverware.

Brad :  

I just saw it the other day. It's up there, it's still in, like this wooden box, it's like super, you know.

Speaker 2:  

Nice.

Brad :  

What am I gonna do with this? You do sort of have China. I guess I do, I just never take it out. One of these days I'm gonna have paper plates and really fancy silverware.

Amber:  

Make sure you apologize. It's 80% of the stuff you don't use. We know part of what your 80% is.

Brad :  

So check out some of these other statistics is according to lost and found statistics, the average person spends two and a half days Looking for lost items per year. Two and a half days. I've actually saw one statistic this was the most recent one, but a couple years earlier from this where it came out with it's a 12 days. The average person spends what a 12?.

Amber:  

Dirty is your house to not be able to find all.

Kati :  

No if you just Clutter. I have lived here for two months now and I still can't find. I know I have a ton of paper clips. Can't find a single paper clip anywhere.

Brad :  

Katie's on day 30.

Kati :  

We're like 62.

Brad :  

US Children make up 3.7% of the children on the planet, but I've heard this one before. This is shocking, but the US Children have 47% of all the toys and children's books, according to LA Times, and the average 10-year-old Child plays with 12 toys on a daily basis, despite owning Holy crap. This is crazy and I think it is, but I guarantee you I probably have 238 toys in my house, but on average, 238 toys is what the average 10-year-old has 238.

Ryan:  

Okay, I shouldn't lie.

Brad :  

I probably have 238 with Legos, but for real that's a lot. That's a lot of toys, but on average only plays with 12. And then 25% of the people who have two-car garages cannot fit any vehicles. Not not one, but not any.

Ryan:  

For real oh.

Chris:  

We had a bigger house and we sold the house last year we moved up to up here and it's a smaller home and I had a storage unit for some of it and, and to be fair, half of its probably, adult male. Well, let me rephrase this Log splitter right guy toys alright. Tools men, toys alright. The radio arm saw the chipper shredder, those types of things, that's, that's my toys, I guess, and they take up a lot of the garage and we had them in storage, but then the storage prices went through the roof so I brought them to the house and now I can't fit the cars in there.

Brad :  

Yeah, yeah, I will say you know, if you have a bigger yard I mean it you definitely your garage fills up pretty quick. Like I have a lawn tractor. I've got a little less than a half acre and I've got a lawn tractor and then I've got a yard sweeper behind it. I mean that takes up one garage space. So I can understand why people, you know, when you look at that statistic of why home sizes have have tripled, I can at least understand why garage, you know garage spaces have gotten bigger with like three car garages, because I would totally use it just for that kind of stuff for the yard, and obviously if you have a smaller yard you ain't got to worry about some of that stuff. So that stuff I can kind of relate to, you know, not being able to park, but I can at least park one vehicle in there. I will say that. So anyways, Amber, you ran this challenge in July, so why don't you share some of the benefits of why we did this and what helped these guys?

Amber:  

I mean, and the challenge was basically every single week we put out a challenge for decluttering, and it was just different things to do for decluttering. So like the first week might be just starting small start with a drawer just to get everybody into decluttering some stuff, and then it was like we want to challenge them to sell at least $100 for the stuff in the next week, and so on and so on. So some of the benefits, though, to actually decluttering your home are reduced stress, yeah for sure I mean, if I live in a cluttered space I'm not happy. I can't come to my desk and be like work. If it's cluttered, I clean it first. Improved focus on important things, better mental health I mean that goes hand in hand, I think, with stress. And then it's a lot easier to clean when you don't have a bunch of clutter and you get better sleep when you don't have a bunch of clutter, and I could attest to that. I cannot sleep if, like, I have laundry sitting in a pile in the corner of my room. It just drives me nuts. I can't do it.

Kati :  

And then I dump my clean laundry on the bed and I'm like, okay, that means I have to fold it, and then I just kind of scoot it over and cover it. That's good.

Ryan:  

It's nice and warm.

Amber:  

It's extra.

Ryan:  

It's extra blankets.

Brad :  

I gotta say, when I started working from home and I started this business, I got so sensitive to clutter because you're around your head home all the time, you know, and it's just like I went and like I'm at home with Summer and I've got this four year old girl running around and she don't care about that kind of stuff. Like there's stuff everywhere. That's why, like in my room, it's like your kids aren't allowed in the room. It's not that I don't want you in here, it's just like this is my space. Like I come in here and there ain't stuff anywhere. Leave it alone, don't come in here, right? But you're absolutely right. It causes a lot of stress for me, especially Now. Obviously, with the kids I've gotten better over the years, but just random things, like stuff on countertops and just ugh, it's like drives me nuts, right.

Amber:  

Does anybody else clean when they leave the house for like a vacation?

Brad :  

I clean my house before my cleaner comes and cleans my house. Yeah, I know it's crazy, not clean it, clean it, not clean it, clean it. But yeah, I pick it up Like I don't want my cleaner have to come over and I have to pick up, like the kids toys, or pick up some clothes that are on the floor or the stuffed animals that have been thrown all over when they had Fortnite and stuff.

Ryan:  

Just all the stuff that these kids do.

Brad :  

So, yeah, I go through, I clean up the house and you don't want someone coming in and having to go through all your disgusting stuff. That's not what you hire them for.

Chris:  

It's like washing the dishes before you put them in the dishwasher. How do you get that one?

Brad :  

It kind of, is it?

Chris:  

kind of is.

Kati :  

Yeah, I'm a little weird about it. Brush your teeth before going to the dentist. I'm like no, eat all the Oreos, because you know you have to brush your teeth.

Amber:  

Where is the discussion going? I?

Brad :  

do not eat Oreos before you go to the dentist? They're delicious, would you imagine. You should totally do it. That'd be so funny.

Kati :  

I know my dentists were very good friends. I would feel bad for the hygienist.

Brad :  

So a recent article from realsimple. com states that decluttering can help you save money. When your home is visually appealing to you, it becomes more a sanctuary or a refuge from the outside world, saving you money because you aren't shopping mindlessly to avoid dealing with your clutter, says Lauren Lone, cpa and financial coach. So what would you guys feel about that? I mean, I would definitely. I mean I don't know, I would definitely agree, cause I will say, you know, one of the things that stressed me out, like when the kids have birthday parties or when it's Christmas, one of the biggest things or that stresses me out about all that stuff is like where to put the stuff once they open it. You know, it's like having to go through and reorganize all of the toy bins and the toy boxes and you know, going through and putting all of that stuff away. That stuff drives me nuts, you know. So it's like when I get rid of things, I am actually less likely to bring more things back into the house, because I love the fact that there's hardly anything in there.

Ryan:  

I like this. So just by nature, like I have always just been a like a declutterer, like the kids, especially growing even to this day, like there's just those days where I'm on the hunt and they're like closing their doors because they know like I'm looking for something to throw away or to sell or whatever Cause. You know, and we've had, we've had people, you know, even family. You know that. You know people give you things and you know, years later it's like you know we either sell it or give it away. You know we have to have, you know, people like, oh, you got rid of that. It's like, oh, we've used it. It's like it's done, like it's now, it's just sitting here. So it's like you know I've got like a six month rule. You know, if it's like not been really used in six months, it's like, do you really need it?

Amber:  

And my, so my daughter's then you throw it out, and then you find eight months.

Ryan:  

Yes, so for sure, for sure.

Amber:  

For sure. Paul and I were cleaning out the garage the other day and he has this like speaker, not a speaker. He had a stereo and I'm like, do you really need the stereo? Still Like he goes, well, I might use it. I was like, well, where'd the speakers go? He goes, you threw them out. So what do you mean? It threw them out? I must ask you. No, well, you kind of did. He says we were cleaning out the garage last time. You said do you need these Now? You don't need these, and you toss them in the back of my truck. Oh well, I guess you don't need the stereo now either.

Chris:  

It was probably like do you need this? He felt guilty. I was like you're really good at that.

Amber:  

Yeah, I throw, I throw all the things out.

Brad :  

Yeah, I don't know, I think for me, I mean it's definitely helped with the spending. You know, I mean I over the years. I mean it's not to say that I don't spend money and still bring things into the house. It's just, you know, like, even like tools like Chris, you mentioned tools Like, if I'm working on a certain project I I very like, instead of buying it, I'll go look at renting at first. Now whereas, opposed to before, I might have just bought it because it's like, well, not always have it. Well, now I got to store it and I got to find a place for it and all that kind of stuff. So if it's like you know a once, you know, once in a while project, something that I need, you know, obviously you could borrow it from somebody instead of just buying it. But I think there's a lot of ways that you can get around some of that without you know again. Once you kind of declutter, you don't want to bring that stuff back in, which again helps you with your personal finances. Obviously, number two is you can earn money on items that you don't necessarily need, which is one of the reasons why we're even talking about this on the show is that if you're looking to build your emergency fund, or if you're behind in bills, or if you want to pay down extra debt, I mean, selling stuff that's around your house is just it's like. I guess you look at it like a little goldmine in a lot of cases, for for some people and I mean we've had members sell I mean honestly, thousands of dollars. In fact, there's one member and I'm not going to mention names, but I know one member specifically well over $10,000 was sold and that's incredible. Now I understand that not all of us have that much stuff, or maybe that much stuff that has value, but a lot of us still have a lot of stuff that we can get rid of to be able to help save money or pay down debt and move things along a little bit faster.

Amber:  

And just just in this five week challenge, like the total that they reported on and I know there's more it was over $5,000.

Brad :  

Yeah, that's incredible.

Amber:  

Just in the five weeks that the members were doing this, right, and I mean. The thing is, though, like I've sold a bunch of stuff on like Facebook, marketplace stuff like that. You got to be patient. Don't think like, oh, so we're going to sell and toss it, because I've had stuff on there for weeks and then all of a sudden, somebody's asking about it.

Brad :  

Yeah.

Amber:  

Oh, you just got to be patient. Like, if you want to make the money on it, be patient. If you are just literally want to get decluttering, donate it to somebody.

Brad :  

Yeah, facebook Marketplace definitely has. That is one of the bonuses that we actually have in Roots right now is we have. We had a member who is really successful in Marketplace came on and did like a little bonus module for us and kind of shared their tips and tricks on what they learned on Marketplace over the months, like selling all these things, and they definitely learned like there was an algorithm to it. So like, if you've posted things on there and it hasn't sold, try posting on different days. Try posting at different times during the day. Don't just give up on it and think that nobody wants it. Try changing up the description. Look up other items that are on Marketplace that are similar to yours and see what they're doing with it to have a little bit more competition. So it does take a little bit of work. It's not like you know, you just post things or you just say you know, sweater large 10 bucks, you know, and that's going to sell it all the time. You know you might have to just put a little bit more work and detail into it. But sometimes that goes a long way, and especially on Facebook Marketplace. I love some of the TikTok jokes about it. You know we're, I think the famous line on Facebook Marketplace and the message that you get is is this still available? And then they never. And then you're like, yes, it's still posted, and then they never respond, right, you know. So hopefully, hopefully, it avoids more of those types of you know empty messages and things that waste your time. But you know, if you're willing to deal with a little bit of some of the you know annoyances that come with it, I mean, you can do really really well there. The other area, too, is just saving money on the storage fees too. Now, chris, you mentioned you had a storage unit, did you guys? I love this statistic. I don't I think we've talked about this on the show before, but there are now more storage facilities than there are McDonald's restaurants and Starbucks restaurants combined in the United States. More storage facilities than Starbucks and McDonald's combined.

Chris:  

They are not where I'm at.

Brad :  

Really well yeah.

Chris:  

There's actually about three or four facilities being built right now. I passed them on the way to the shop, but traditionally there's that's been an area that's underserved, but more and more people are moving in this area, yeah, and there's just not enough storage. So we we were paying about 150 bucks a month and they went to like 225 with like five days notice, and so I, in five days, went, emptied it out and put it all in my garage, and now I don't pay anything for it, but I can't park my cars in the garage now either.

Kati :  

And what's that show is the pawn, like it's the people who bid on. Storage wars yeah stores and then the guy with the pawn shop and yeah, it's like that's big money. But yeah, when I started roots I was like how am I going to save a thousand dollars? And most of it was Selling stuff was how I built my first emergency fund.

Brad :  

Yeah, yeah. So, amber, can you break down these weeks, like, what kind of things do these guys do over these weeks, as you built up to it, because we just didn't like throw all this them. You know, we just kind of focused one week at a time and breaking it down into smaller segments.

Amber:  

Yeah, we did one week at a time and basically the first week was just like sorting like one small little space, a closet, a drawer or something like that, to just get them started Keeping it mine like an open mind I on, because a lot of people have a hard time getting rid of their stuff. It's their stuff, they might need it, you know, there might be an emotional connection to it. And then week two was all about just assessing and sorting and just like making piles. So do you keep it? Is it a sell pile? Is it a donate pile or is it just a discard pile? So just kind of getting into the habit of sorting things and thinking about it, not necessarily like the does this bring me joy thing, but is, that was I was just going to bring that up.

Brad :  

Who was that? What was her name? Marie Kondo.

Chris:  

Yeah, is she still is she?

Brad :  

still like a, like a big on Netflix or something, or is that? I haven't seen her?

Kati :  

It was only like six episodes, but I'll be honest, it did actually work well for me to do the bless the thing for bringing it joy in your life. Before you like, just toss it out, because there is an emotional connection for people who have that sentimental value or someone just described it as it's linked to a person you were in your past. So it's kind of like you're saying goodbye to that part of your past a little bit too, and I'm like that would that would make sense in my particular case. So, yeah, it makes sense to thank it, but you're done now.

Brad :  

I could just see right now. Thank you. Ryan and I are built much of the same way, and that's why I was just laughing because it's you're like, you're so because we're also different. It's just amazing how different people can be when it comes to things and stuff.

Ryan:  

Yeah, you know, yeah, yeah, I remember when my wife and I got married and then my mother in law brought down like a box of like new kids on the block stuff and like all this memorabilia from grade school, all this stuff, and I was like we got it in the car and I'm like we're going to throw that out, right, like I just. I mean I again I'm not, I'm not opposed Like we have some things for the kids. We keep have kept some sentimental things, but I mean the amount of stuff they brought home over 18 years of school. It's like, dude, like I had, I just don't, I don't reminisce over my own wedding. You're not going to reminisce over your third grade art project. You know some of them you will and some of them we kept, but like there's just can be so much of it. So, yeah, I just it's hard, I 100% I feel bad. Sometimes my wife has to keep me in line. Like can't get rid of that, like okay.

Kati :  

The minimalist and the pack rat usually marry each other.

Chris:  

So so, ryan, practice this. Do you really need that?

Ryan:  

Oh, I practice it every all the time with my daughter. Trust me, she has, she has. She's the one where I just I stay out of her room, because if I open a drawer, I'm just like, ah, what is this from? Oh, it's French, she's got a whole story behind it.

Amber:  

I'm like yeah, that was. Yeah, that's our daughter too. She could. She can't get rid of anything. You walk into her house and it's like stuff everywhere. I remember this means so much to me.

Brad :  

This is one time Sarah went out of town and so I'm downstairs in the basement like cleaning it up and I come across like these stupid things, like this cake pop machine, like to make cake pops, like these little hot dog, like she had to, like the little plastic hot dog containers, like they're like little trays for hot dogs. I'm just like we're never going to use that and so I made the mistake of throwing it away. She comes back and it was probably like three months later and all of a sudden, noah he's probably maybe five, six years old and he's like we should make cake pops and she's like I have a cake pop machine. I can't tell you I did not live that one down for a long time. I think I've. In fact, even Noah still brings it up to this day. Dad, you want to go make?

Ryan:  

some cake pops.

Amber:  

That's great.

Brad :  

Yeah, you definitely have to have that conversation because, I agree, you know if you have a, if you have a minimalist and a pack that gets a little challenging. Yeah, for sure.

Kati :  

I'm sentimental, but I also tell my parents all this stuff that's down in your basement. I don't want to have to go through it later. So you can get rid of it now, it's okay, okay.

Amber:  

Yeah, they're going to make you go through it.

Brad :  

That's hard, that's awful.

Amber:  

Week three we had them selling stuff and that's where things got interesting because that's where they started making a lot of money. Like we had one over $2,000 just in. You know, these last five weeks of selling stuff they went through they declared like crazy and over $2,000. Yeah. So utilizing places like Facebook, marketplace, buy and sell groups, online resources, even rummage sales yard sales, we call them in Canada. So even that like really gets rid of stuff, especially that some are still here. People are still shopping at those. Do it now the weather is good. And then week five, four and five, we were donating unwanted stuff and just continuing the process, so we just kind of did it over again.

Brad :  

Yeah, awesome, yeah, it was a lot, it was very successful. So, again, just hopefully, the goal of the today's show is just to get you motivated to get started with some of these things. Not only is it going to have a benefit just with your finances, but also just getting rid of a bunch of stuff so many of our members talk about. Just, it is so much less stress just having to deal with all that junk in their house and feeling good about being able to use that money. To you know, save money and pay down debt. All right, guys, we're going to take a quick commercial and then we'll be back with some celebrations. So the totally awesome Debt Freedom Planner is helping so many people make consistent progress with their finances, whether that be building emergency funds, paying down bills, budgeting, tracking paydays, saving up for larger purchases, goal planning and planning for those irregular yearly expenses that always seem to catch you by surprise. Now the Debt Freedom Planner will help you take the stress out of managing your money and if the thought is running through your mind, hey, I just need to have a simple tool to get my finances together. This planner is perfect for you. Head over to therealdebtfreedadcom. Click on the Debt Freedom Planner in the menu at the top of the page and order your Debt Freedom Planner today.

Amber:  

And that sound means it's time for the celebrations of the show. First, we have Kim Schmidt decluttered and sent bags to Goodwill, started writing daily payments and wrote down long-term goals. Just starting this process feels good.

Brad :  

Yeah, that's awesome Way to go, Kim. Samantha Hubbs sold $150 of basement stuff on Facebook Marketplace and donated three bags of old clothes. I cleaned out my basement junk and the garage. She says, woohoo, it feels so good. Way to go, Samantha.

Chris:  

And Michelle Saddam sorry if I pictured that last name. Michelle sold $1,300 worth of stuff and filled a 20-yard dumpster Wow, Her words full of crap and donated two garbage bags full of clothes and threw out two garbage bags full of stuff just yesterday.

Kati :  

Awesome. And then Hilary Morse sold over $475 on this challenge, but she's now sold over $4,000 on Facebook Marketplace and I've been talking to Hilary and I believe she also just used part of that to take her daughter on a little mini getaway vacation, and good use for that.

Brad :  

Yeah, that is incredible $4,000. So for those of you who are like man, I got no money in my bank. How good would $4,000 feel on your savings account right now? That's awesome, hilary. Good for you.

Ryan:  

Normandy Bryant. I need to get on the ball but for me I have sold $300 in inventory to move out of the house that I needed to.

Brad :  

Yes, yeah, that is awesome Way to go, normandy. Yeah, these are great wins. So get to decluttering, save some money, pay down some debt. Congratulations, guys. And hey, if you're just getting started with our podcast, or maybe you've been listening for some time and you're interested in how you can get on the road to a financial freedom, go visit our website at balancedcents. com and sign up for my free A Life Without Payments Workshop, where I'm going to show you the first steps that have helped tens of thousands of people just like you and I kick financial stress and worry for good. We'll see you, guys, next week.

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