Episode 384: Love & Money: How They Got On The Same Page To Pay Off $32,000 Of Debt W/ LeDo & Shameka McDowell REWIND

Journey To Launch

Jamila Souffrant

Finances, Business, Realestateinvesting, Entrepreneurship, Earlyretirement, Investing, Budgeting, Wealth

5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this rewind episode, LeDo and Shameka McDowell talk about their relationship and how they paid off $32,000 in debt and built $100,000 in net worth. Once they got on the same financial page, they were unstoppable.

LeDo and Shameka are creators of the podcast The Marital Mission, a podcast about married life for young couples. They share with us an honest conversation about how to get your partner on board with your financial goals, the struggles that come with becoming debt-free, how to have the money talk with your partner, and more.

In this episode, you will learn:

Practical ways to get on the same financial page with your partner
How to cut your expenses and reach your financial goals
The importance of putting communication first
The difference between the avalanche and the debt snowball debt payoff methods and more

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0:00.0	You being transparent, help me to be able to approach her.
0:05.0	Because, you know, like just saying, okay, create like a date night and then you know, you can talk about finances in that space and so that that's how I kind of started to include her in.
0:16.5	T minus 10 seconds.
0:19.1	Welcome to the Journey to Launch Podcast with your host Jamil Sufrant as a money expert who walks her talk.
0:26.5	She helps brave journeyers like you, get out of debt, save, invest, and build real well.
0:33.0	Join her on the journey to launch to financial freedom in...
0:37.0	Five, four, three, two, one. 2. 1.1.
0:48.0	Hey, hey, journeys. Welcome to the Journey to Launch Podcast.
0:50.8	Quick note, for the next couple months months I'll be sharing some rewind episodes that were
0:56.4	previously aired on the podcast but were also mentioned as case studies in my book
1:02.1	Your Journey to Financial Freedom, a step-by-step guide to
1:06.0	achieving wealth and happiness. One of the things I wanted to do with the book is not only
1:09.9	share my personal story in an effort for you, the reader, hopefully you're a reader or
1:15.0	will be, to feel connected to the story and inspired, but I wanted to also share other people's
1:21.2	stories and journeys and to bring more diversity,
1:24.6	different starting points and scenarios that could be relatable to more people.
1:30.1	So this first batch of episodes you'll hear are based on the topic of people paying off debt.
1:35.6	The group of episodes after that will be rewind episodes based on people who are on the financial independence
1:41.9	journey from various starting points,
1:44.0	and we'll close out the series of rewinds with some fan favorite episodes.
1:49.0	Again, all of these episodes and interviewees were mentioned in my book,
1:53.2	Your Journey to Financial Freedom,
	...

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