How the heck do you pick financial goals when 1 in 4 people are unemployed, there are murder hornets, police are battering people in the streets for having the audacity to say that black men shouldn't die at the hands of cops, and everything feels a little...well, stressful? When the world is on fire, how can you care about your 401K? AND HOW CAN YOU HELP!?

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Three questions that didn't make the livestream this week: what to do with your $1,200 if your job is stable right now, can they take back your unemployment overpayment, and how to get your stimulus bill if you don't have a bank account. I answered a lot more questions on the livestream this weekend, you can watch or listen to the replay at youtube.com/anomalily and subscribe to be notified of the next one. If you have a question about your financial life, or if you just want to share what it is like in your part of the world, please email [email protected] or tweet me @anomalily. I’d also love to just hear just little audio updates about how you’re doing in the world. You can leave a voicemail in the US at (503) 877-4338 or you can email us a voice memo to [email protected] Over on the Oh My Dollar! forums we are meme-ing and supporting each other through all this. Check out the transcript and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members - help out for just $1 a month at http://ohmydollar.com/support

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Freelancers and gig workers (and musicians and more) can file for unemployment now for the first time ever. And for the moment, it actually pays enough to pay your bills - possibly even more than your job did. If you have a question about your financial life, or if you just want to share what it is like in your part of the world, please email [email protected] or tweet me @anomalily. I’d also love to just hear just little audio updates about how you’re doing in the world. You can leave a voicemail in the US at (503) 877-4338 or you can email us a voice memo to [email protected] Over on the Oh My Dollar! forums we are meme-ing and supporting each other through the apocalypse. Check out the transcript and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members - help out for just $1 a month at http://ohmydollar.com/support

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How do you get health insurance if you lost your job? Are we all really getting 1,200 extra free dollars from the government? what is the catch If you have a question about your financial life, or if you just want to share what it is like in your part of the world, please email [email protected] or tweet me @anomalily. I’d also love to just hear just little audio updates about how you’re doing in the world. You can leave a voicemail in the US at (503) 877-4338 or you can email us a voice memo to [email protected] Over on the Oh My Dollar! forums we are meme-ing and supporting each other through the apocalypse. Check out the transcript and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members - help out for just $1 a month at http://ohmydollar.com/support

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This is episode touches on everything you need to know to get started meal planning. If you have a question for the Special Financial Chaos episodes coming out, or if you just want to share what it is like in your part of the world, please email [email protected] or tweet me @anomalily. I’d also love to just hear just little audio updates about how you’re doing in the world. You can leave a voicemail in the US at (503) 877-4338 or you can email us a voice memo to [email protected] Over on the Oh My Dollar! forums we are meme-ing and supporting each other through the apocalypse. Check out the transcript and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members - help out for just $1 a month at http://ohmydollar.com/support

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Time is money! But many of us know exactly where our money goes, but have no idea where our time goes. Once you know where the time goes, you can make changes that will help you spend more time on the things you value and less where you don’t (just like budgeting). Over on the Oh My Dollar! forums, we're doing a fun time tracking challenge, March of Time this month. We brought on the expert of experts on Time Tracking, Laura Vanderkam, to talk about tracking your time.  The ⏰⏳ March of Time Tracking Challenge started already, but it isn't too late to join and get stickers and reap the benefits of time tracking. Check out the transcript and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com  This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members - help out for just $1 a month at http://ohmydollar.com/support

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We're off this week due to mysterious flu-like illnesses BUT never fear, we have cool OMD things coming up this week. Tomorrow (leap day, Saturday, February 29th) - we have a livestream at 5PM Pacific. Subscribe on youtube to anomalily to be notified when we go live (or watch afterwards). Check out the March of Time time tracking on the Oh My Dollar forums which starts March 1st!

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We all know careers aren't the same as they once were. Nicolle Merrill joins us to discuss why job-hopping is actually an advantage, how to "network" when you're an introvert, and what the first thing people might ask you to do in different cities. Check out the transcript and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com and Nicolle's book here. Plus Check out our 20 in 2020 challenges on the OMD forums. This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members - help out for just $1 a month at http://ohmydollar.com/support

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Lillian is joined by Nina, who asks questions about taxes and we cover what you need to know about witholding, saver's credit, and more. Check out the transcript and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com Plus Check our 20 in 2020 challenges on the OMD forums. This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members - help out for just $1 a month at http://ohmydollar.com/support

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Lillian talks about how much you really need in your emergency funds in response to a listener question from Ken, and she tries to get Chase, our engineer, to stop spending all his money. Check out the transcript and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com Plus Check our 20 in 2020 challenges on the OMD forums. This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members - help out for just $1 a month at http://ohmydollar.com/support .

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Sometimes it's hard to stick to a budget. But that shouldn't make you feel ashamed. How to get over feelings of shame and deprivation when things are hard and your financial goals aren't working? Here's some money therapy. Check out the transcript and the full show notes at ohmydollar.com Plus Check our 20 in 2020 challenges on the OMD forums. This episode was supported by our Purrsonal Finance Society members - help out for just $1 a month at http://ohmydollar.com/support

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