My New Obsession

OK, maybe obsession is a strong word.  But I cannot stop watching this new show on Netflix. Actually, for the first time since the pandemic, I have a few shows on the go.  I’m watching the documentary on Lewis Capaldi, the latest season of Queer Eye, and Mind Your Manners is hard to stop as well.  It’s a makeover show.  But it transforms peoples lies with a lesson in etiquette.  International etiquette teacher Sara Jane Ho helps people become their best selves through good manners.  It’s kinda silly and feels a bit “much” and old fashioned in many ways, but honestly, to see her work with people to become their best selves through table settings, posture and wardrobe are something I never knew I needed.   

But the show I couldn’t turn off last night?  It’s all about MONEY!  The taboo subject.  The subject we get uncomfortable talking about.  I can’t stop watching.  “How to Get Rich” on Netflix – Finance expert Ramit Sethi works with people across the US to help them achieve their richest lives.  The show is based on Ramit’s 2009 book “I Will Teach You To Be Rich” which teaches people how to design their rich life by making the most out of their credit cards, beating the banks, strategically investing, consciously spending (kinda the opposite of budgeting) and more.

You see people struggling to pay their bills.  Unaware of their finances at all.  Ignoring big loans.  Living beyond their means.  Keeping their money a secret.  Ramit makes you think about money differently.  It makes you question your own money psychology as he calls it.  It even makes you think about what YOU would consider a rich life. I love the simplicity of it.  And it doesn’t matter who you are or what you do or how much money or debt you have – he makes it understandable and easy.

Pay off your debt, save money, and do it without giving up the things you love.  It’s a whole new way to look at money.

Have you watched? What did you think?

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This post was written by Carrie Buchanan