It’s time for a Friday Flight! These episodes are all about the week’s financial news and the impact on your personal finances. There are a lot of headlines out there, but we distill it down to specific takeaways that will allow you to kick off the weekend informed and help you to continue to make smart money moves. In this episode we cover some relevant and helpful stories like: the $1,000 Cash Giveaway/Giveaway, USPS shipping deadlines, killing the taboo of secondhand gifts, risky investments impacting our mental health, VTSAX reigns supreme, government leaders insider trading, best places to live if you only care about money, have yourself a merry little i bond, inflation vs your brain, & financial literacy on the rise!

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• Just follow HowToMoneyPod on Instagram,
• Like the giveaway post,
• Tag 2 friends and comment how you’d give that money away if you win- and that’s really all it takes! Note that there’s only 1 entry per person and you have until 12pm on December 21st to enter the giveaway. We’ll announce winners during the episode that’ll publish Wednesday December 22nd.

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• And seriously, travel nurses are making bank.
• We love VTSAX, and it’s one of the best ways to automate your finances. The more you can set-and-forget, the easier wealth building becomes.
• And of course we touched on investing during this episode- listen back to how we invest our money with brokerage houses like Fidelity, M1 Finance, and Vanguard.
• Head to TreasuryDirect.gov and snag you some i bonds paying over 7%.
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