It's one thing to say a task should be done but it's a different matter to actually do it!

• But in the midst of the rejoicing over the good fortune, an old mouse rose and said, "I will say that the plan of the young mouse is very good. But let me ask one question, who will bell the cat?" (02:59)
• "...if you actually go out with that bell, more times than not, it's not as hard or as scary as you may think." (04:13)

Quote for the episode: More times than not it's not a scary cat with giant claws, it's a little cute kitten, and you're gonna leave saying 'why didn't I do that earlier?' (04:20)

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Welcome to the Enjoy More 30s Family Finance

podcast. The only podcast dedicated to making life more

enjoyable for young families by hitting on the financial topics

that tend to weigh on us, stress us out, and distract our focus

from simply enjoying life.

Hello, and welcome to the next series here on the

Enjoy More 30s Family Finance podcast. This series is called

The Financial Parables of Your Life. I try to keep pretty much

every episode short, because you know, we're all having our kids

kind of scream in our ear as we're trying to work from home

or do whatever we're doing so who has time for an hour

podcast? But this season is going to be even moreso because

what I'm going to do is have a weekly parable for you to digest

and just try to make your life a little bit better through it.

Now, some of these are actually fables, some are actually

parables. I'm not going to get all caught up in those literary

semantics though. I picked one word and threw it in the title

of the series. They are stories to help so hopefully that's what

they do. Now each week, like I said, I'm going to be sharing

what may be a somewhat altered version of a story that you're

familiar with because stories are just easier. They're easier

to remember. That's why we tell our children's stories at night.

That's how our grandparents share about the past. I mean,

the human race for generations has been passing on information

through stories. That was the best way to do it. The Boy Who

Cried Wolf, we all know that story. We can remember that

story. Me talking about, say standard deviation and how it

relates to an expected range of returns, which also changes in

respect to time horizon. While that may be very important, it

will also perhaps put you to sleep. So I guess maybe that

would be a better one save for like a bedtime stories series.

But yeah, that's not where we are today.

So as I begin, or before I begin, I should say as always,

please share please like, please leave reviews. I'd love to be

able to reach as many young families out there and help them

as possible just like you. So today, please join me for our

initial story Belling the Kitten.

The mice once called a meeting to decide on a plan to free

themselves of their enemy, the cat. At least they wish to find

some way of knowing when she was coming. So they might have time

to run away. Indeed, something had to be done for they lived in

such constant fear of her claws that they hardly dared stir from

their dens by day or night. Many plans were discussed, but none

of them was thought good enough. At last, a very young mouse got

up and said, "I have a plan that seems very simple but I know it

will be successful. All we have to do is hang a bell about the

cat's neck. When we hear the bell ringing, we will know

immediately that our enemy is coming." All the mice were much

surprised that they had not thought of such a plan before.

But in the midst of the rejoicing over the good fortune,

an old mouse rose and said, "I will say that the plan of the

young mouse is very good. But let me ask one question, who

will bell the cat?"

So it's one thing to say that something should be done but

it's quite a different matter to actually do it. You're listening

here today and other days I hope and many other days to come

because you're looking to improve. You're looking to have

less anxiety and worry. You're looking to have more confidence

in your life and freedom to go out and enjoy what you want to

enjoy. You don't want that cat to come out and grab your goals

away from you. You don't want to be afraid. It might be

retirement, it might be protecting your family. It might

just be not knowing if there is even a cat on the other side of

the wall that you can't see. Is there anything out there? My

story is called Belling the Kitten because when you go out

and do it. So whether that be meeting with an advisor, just

listing out your goals, seeing what you can save every month,

getting that will or some other document doesn't really mean

anything else that might be detracting from you enjoying

life as much as possible today, if you actually go out with that

bell, more times than not, it's not as hard or as scary as you

may think. More times than not it's not a scary cat with giant

claws. It's a little cute kitten. And you're gonna leave

saying "why didn't I do that earlier?"

So thanks for tuning in today and join us for next week's

story Great Grandma's Roast. I hope you enjoyed today's story

and please remember again to review and share for others. And

if you need any help, don't hesitate in reaching out. I

probably have helped someone just like you. Until next week,

thanks for joining me today and I look forward to connecting

with you again soon.

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