Welcome to the Balanced FI Podcast, episode 21! Thank you so much for listening in! This episode dives into <a href="https://www.balancedfi.com/ask-yourself-before-purchasing/?preview_id=846&preview_nonce=7d2e601a6d&preview=true&_thumbnail_id=854">5 quick questions</a> to ask yourself before buying, including examples:<ol><li>Is this a want or a need?</li><li>Does this align with my bigger financial goals?</li><li>Do I have something similar already?</li><li>Is it worth this number of work hours?</li><li>Could I make this myself?</li></ol> RESOURCES:<a href="https://www.balancedfi.com/ask-yourself-before-purchasing/?preview_id=846&preview_nonce=7d2e601a6d&preview=true&_thumbnail_id=854">Read: 5 Quick Questions to Ask Yourself Before Purchasing</a><a href="https://www.balancedfi.com/intentional-money/">Read: 4 Ways to Be Intentional With Your Money</a><a href="https://www.balancedfi.com/ways-to-make-saving-money-fun/">Read: 10 Ways to Make Saving Money Fun</a> SOURCES:<a href="https://www.lifeasastrawberry.com/fifteen-minute-pizza-dough/#recipe">Recommended: Fifteen Minute Pizza Dough</a>

22. Top Tips for Frugal Activities

The Balanced FI podcast is all about practical, real-world ways to pay off debt, save money, and balance life with financial goals. Each week your host, RaLea, dives into a family finance topic that will improve your life: the steps to financial security, debt payoff methods, easy ways to save money on everyday expenses, and more... all with a dose of intentional living, a dash of minimalism & a splash of the realities of parenting a child with disabilities.