Claire Murdough's guest appearances

Claire Murdough

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Cultivating Respect with Darcy Castro

Mark Manson

Suze Orman

Nathaniel Boyle

Travis Sherry

Andy Steves

Benjamin Franklin

Chris Guillebeau

Jason Vitug

Mike Vardy

Roger Whitney

Thomas Frank

Omar Zenhom

Jonathan Morduch

Sam Polk

Robert Siciliano

OwlTail

Based on the September 2020 edition of Cultivating Respect, "The movement of mea culpa," Darcy and friend Claire Murdough dish on the humility required to ask for forgiveness, what it's like to get into comedy in your 40s, the American Women of Service pageant that brought them together, and what Period Poverty means and why you should care. Check out Claire's debut comedy performance with Couch to Mic, and learn how you can make a difference with the Alliance for Period Supplies.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.  https://anchor.fm/app

Based on the September 2020 edition of Cultivating Respect, "<a href="https://www.darcycastro.com/post/cultivating-respect-the-moment-of-mea-culpa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The movement of mea culpa</a>," Darcy and friend Claire Murdough dish on the humility required to ask for forgiveness, what it's like to get into comedy in your 40s, the American Women of Service pageant that brought them together, and what Period Poverty means and why you should care. Check out Claire's debut comedy performance with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmqoAy5efu8&amp;feature=youtu.be" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Couch to Mic</a>, and learn how you can make a difference with the <a href="https://www.allianceforperiodsupplies.org/index" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alliance for Period Supplies</a>.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/app</a>

Forgiveness - and laughter - with National Ambassador AWOS Claire Murdough

Many of us have debt. Claire Murdough tells us how to pay your debt as quickly and efficiently as possible.You can enter your debt account information and how much you are paying on each. RFZ will generate a graph showing how long it will take to pay the debt, what interest you will incur, and show you how much more quickly you can pay the debt off by adding money to your payments.The site is free but there is an upgrade that allows you to monitor your credit score and to make payments through RFZ. The site has recently added a feature that will allow you to manually enter debts for things like the $200 you borrowed from mom last month.Snowball vs stack method. The snowball method advocates paying off your smallest balance first. The benefit being psychological. You did it, you paid off that Target card! The stacking method requires paying off the highest interest rate debt first.Both methods employ the same tactics of paying only the minimums on the other debts while paying off the prioritized one and once one is paid off, you use the money you were paying towards it, on the next debt down the list. Each has their fans and like everything, finance is individual so use the method that makes the most sense for you. As long as you are paying off your debts, you’re good.Some of Claire’s best advice is to take your ego out of the debt repaying equation. The job you get might not be in the field you’re educated in, but it’s still bringing in money. A second job doesn’t mean you’ve failed.It means you’re doing what needs to be done so you can be debt free. And make some time and a budget for fun during your debt repayment. And when you reach a milestone, treat yourself to something small. A bouquet of flowers or a llama ride! Remember, there is life after debt.Show Notes ReadyForZero.com: A website that helps to manage your debts. Debt Snowball Vs. Debt Stacking: An explanation of snowball vs stacking for debt repayments with pros and cons for each. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many of us have debt. Claire Murdough tells us how to pay your debt as quickly and efficiently as possible. You can enter your debt account information and how much you are paying on each. RFZ will generate a graph showing how long it will take to pay the debt, what interest you will incur, and show you how much more quickly you can pay the debt off by adding money to your payments. The site is free but there is an upgrade that allows you to monitor your credit score and to make payments through RFZ. The site has recently added a feature that will allow you to manually enter debts for things like the $200 you borrowed from mom last month. Snowball vs stack method. The snowball method advocates paying off your smallest balance first. The benefit being psychological. You did it, you paid off that Target card! The stacking method requires paying off the highest interest rate debt first. Both methods employ the same tactics of paying only the minimums on the other debts while paying off the prioritized one and once one is paid off, you use the money you were paying towards it, on the next debt down the list. Each has their fans and like everything, finance is individual so use the method that makes the most sense for you. As long as you are paying off your debts, you’re good. Some of Claire’s best advice is to take your ego out of the debt repaying equation. The job you get might not be in the field you’re educated in, but it’s still bringing in money. A second job doesn’t mean you’ve failed. It means you’re doing what needs to be done so <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/how-to-get-out-of-debt/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">you can be debt free</a>. And make some time and a budget for fun during your debt repayment. And when you reach a milestone, treat yourself to something small. A bouquet of flowers or a llama ride! Remember, there is life after debt. Show Notes <a href="https://www.listenmoneymatters.com/go/readyforzero/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ReadyForZero.com</a>: A website that helps to manage your debts. <a href="http://budgeting.about.com/od/Debt/a/Debt-Snowball-Vs-Debt-Stacking.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Debt Snowball Vs. Debt Stacking</a>: An explanation of snowball vs stacking for debt repayments with pros and cons for each. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Mastering Debt Reduction with Claire Murdough