The Mindful FIRE Podcast 75 : Enough & The Risk of Being Too Frugal with Sarah McCrum - Part 2
Welcome to the Mindful FIRE Podcast, where we explore living mindfully on the path to financial independence and beyond.
Today in part two of my conversation with Sarah, we discuss how we can use money to unlock our full potential and why dreaming and enjoyment are critical to living in this way.
We also talk about the flip side, how frugality and being afraid to engage with money actually cuts off our creative energy and prevents us from reaching our full potential.
And things get pretty personal. I share a lot with Sarah about my own struggles, including how I've recently realized that I'm hesitant to invest in my own projects and in myself in general.
Sarah share some really good advice with me. And I learned a ton about how I can evolve, how I think about money and investing in myself and my projects.
I absolutely love this conversation with Sarah and I'm so excited to share with you.
ICYMI : Part 1 of our conversation
In Part 2 of our conversation we discuss:
- Sarah’s thoughts on enough
- What Sarah has learned from the energy of money about enough
- Where Adam struggles with enough
- The risk of being too frugal or unwilling to spend on things that might benefit us
- How being frugal can lead to you being selfish and losing track of the bigger picture
- Sarah shares her vision for her current company Love To, a financial product that supports humanity
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