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Budgeting for Your Future Self with One Simple Number
In Episode 13, Lucas and Luna explore the concept of 'future-self budgeting' — a method where you calculate one number to cover your entire future, from retirement to big life goals. They anchor the episode around a 30-year-old named Sarah who used this method to save $200,000 for a home down payment by age 40. Lucas explains the two-step calculation: determine your annual spending need in retirement, then multiply by 25 (the 4% rule). Luna challenges the simplicity, noting that it assumes stable returns and ignores inflation and sequence-of-returns risk. They discuss how to adjust…
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