Build A Wealthy Spirit

Sammie and Michelle discuss their tips for preparing for a sabbatical or taking time off work.  There are some things you can do like seeing your dentist or setting up a meeting with HR that can make the transition our of full time work smoother. On the personal front, Michelle and Sammie discuss how to get into a good headspace when taking the leap into a sabbatical. Find our companion piece, lin...

"Lazy Girl Jobs" is trending on Tik Tok and other social media platforms because the idea champions jobs that are remote, healthy and one you can log off from at 5pm. It's about lightening your work load and not giving your all to your job.  Sammie and Michelle think there are good and bad parts to this trend. They love the idea of detaching yourself from your work identity, but are...

What's the best way to motivate yourself? Through her research, Gretchen Rubin came up with The Four Tendencies, four different ways people respond to internally and / or externally motivation. Sammie for example, is an upholder, and will often complete a task if she decides to do it or if someone like her boss needs her to do it. Michelle, a rebel, listens to know one, including herself. Obl...

Lifestyle Inflation or Lifestyle creep is something that can surprise any of us. Sammie and Michelle are thinking of moving from a low cost of living small to town to a bigger city somewhere else and know that it'll be easy to inflate their lifestyle cost. Lifestyle Inflation is when you start to spend money on everything because you are making more money, the people around you are spending m...

This week we are chatting with Monica Lim, a person with an impressive portfolio of projects. She’s writes, has a YouTube channel, is an ambassador for the note taking app Notion, has been teaching English for a decade, recently moved her family across the world from South Korea to Texas and on top of all of that recently launched her podcast Let’s Get Practical . She’s always so transparent about...

When was the last time you thought about your definition of success? Oftentimes, we define success by traditional markers like the amount of money you make or your job title. But are your current definitions of success lined up with your values? Sammie and Michelle discuss ways to redefine success so that you can live more in alignment in your life.  Sign up for our newsletter here: buildawealthys...

An irony in life is that you can accomplish more if you do less. By making everything a priority, we spread ourselves thin and don't finish the big things we want to. Sammie and Michelle look at Charlie Gilkey's method of thinking of the things in your life as "projects." A project is anything that takes time, energy and attention. Gilkey recommends balancing only 3-5 projects...

Some people are ready to take the leap, leave their job and see where their life takes them. Others may be financially ready for financial freedom, but not ready to leave their job right at this moment.  Sammie and Michelle take a look at how you can experience financial freedom without leaving your job. Financial freedom is about having the time to do the things you want and live in alignment. Wh...

Major life events can cause us to reflect and see if we need to make changes in our day to day lives.  Sammie had her thyroid removed a few weeks ago. During this time, she had a few huge realization. We wanted to share this partially because it’s something big and personal happening in our life. But also because during these major moments in anyone’s life, they cause us to hopefully pause and ref...

Motivational speaker Jim Rohn is credited with the quote loved by self help junkies, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”  In this week’s episode, Sammie and Michelle take a look at this idea, that you are the average of the five people you spend time with. They focus on ways to evaluate and improve the different people who are influencing you every day. Get a cop...

Socrates once said, "the unexamined life is not worth living." Sammie and Michelle launched this podcast dissecting that same quote and over 100 episodes later, Doc G brought them onto the Earn & Invest Podcast to ask what a life in alignment really means. We discuss how we went from being spendy in SF to frugral in a small town, the joys of a sabbatical, how to find your passion, th...

The self help aisle in any bookstore is one of the biggest sections. With floor to ceiling productivity advice coming from every direction, how do you filter out the good from the bad? Sammie and Michelle believe the key is finding the right information for you . They outline five steps that they find helpful for consuming and filtering self help information.  Sammie and Michelle mentioned a ton o...

It's time to dream big and attract all the abundance into your life! Positive visualization, law of attraction, or manifestation, no matter how you may label it, Sammie and Michelle are big believers in focusing some energy on your dreams so that you can attract things that may have originally seemed outside of your ability.  Over the past couple years, Sammie and Michelle have been working t...

Have you been thinking about taking some time off work? Taking a sabbatical (whether or not it's your choice or not) is a great opportunity to deprogram from the corporate mindset and design a break that lines up with your needs. However, taking the plunge and starting a sabbatical can be harder than expected!  Sammie and Michelle chat on Build A Wealthy Spirit about one of our favorite topic...

Sammie and Michelle take a look at ways to organize and automate your money so that you can set yourself up for success once without the constant maintenance of tracking your spending.  Find our show notes, references and community comment section at buildawealthyspirit.com ! Sub-Savings Accounts: Managing, How to Set Up, & Benefits by Ramit Sethi Let’s eat better together. Support our podcast...

Nick Gray, author of the The 2-Hour Cocktail Party, joins us today to talk about the best way to make friends as an adult, throw a party with new and old friends! If that sounds scary, Sammie and Michelle can relate. Luckily, Nick literally wrote the book on throwing the perfect party. On this episode we discuss the challenges of making friends as an adult, why cocktail (or mocktail) parties are a...

Sammie and Michelle take a look at the feeling of discontent, how it manifests in our lives and what it could be telling us. buildawealthyspirit.com Find more show notes and interact with the Build A Wealthy Spirit community at buildawealthyspirit.com !

Sammie and Michelle deep dive into vulnerability and how it is part of making connections and building a community. Despite having a podcast and writing personal essays, Michelle doesn't consider herself a vulnerable person. Sammie is better about being vulnerable in her relationships, but can struggle being vulnerable about her work and at her work. Our partner for this episode is Riverside....

Do you find yourself losing time scrolling on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter or some other social media tool? Sammie and Michelle take another look at the downsides of social media and the best ways to eliminate any social media tools that are no longer serving you in your life. Check Out The Self Improvement Project! Also, check out the podcast we recommended, The Self Improvement Project hosted by p...

Thank you to all the lovely ladies who let us use their voice notes for this episode! Engage with our community, find show notes and links to everything here at our website buildawealthyspirit.com ! This week, we wanted to highlight a podcast we've been enjoying, The Me Bet Podcast ! Host Erica Johnson interviews people from different work backgrounds who decided to make a change and make a b...

Sammie and Michelle take a look at the little voice inside your head. Your inner voice can come in different forms, chatting 24/7 or even playing like a movie. The downside of the inner voice is it can prevent you from hearing your authentic voice or the gut instinct you have to do something different that's more authentic to you. We discuss what an inner voice is and how to recognize it and...

After living in San Francisco for years and then moving to a small town, Sammie and Michelle have the unique perspective of moving from a high cost of living area to a low cost of living area. In this episode, we share some fun stories from trying to be frugal in San Francisco and also share some details of our small town life. Is lower cost of living better? Should you move to a small town? We di...

There is a lot of talk about “finding your passion” but how do you go about doing that? Sammie and Michelle put together a step by step guide that helped them get closer to figuring out our passion. When it comes to life, we make the mistake of trying to find a job with trying to find a passion, but in this episode, we cover five steps that will help you identify what's important to you.  Fin...

An unexpected stage of building a wealthy spirit is deprogramming from the “corporate mindset” or “jobbie mindset.” Sammie and Michelle define a corporate mindset as this idea that productivity and value is tied to a paid salary or needs to fall under a 9-5, 40 hour work week. In this episode, we take a look at some common work scripts and give you new ones to "reprogram" for a more mean...

Show notes, comments, photos and join our community at  https://buildawealthyspirit.substack.com/ Sammie and Michelle take a look at the two popular ways to escape the rat race: sabbaticals and the financial independence retire early (FIRE) movement. Is one better than the other? Is there a better fit for you in your personal finance journey? Should you take a sabbatical? Michelle was on a sabbati...