Vestpod - Emilie Bellet, Women and Money

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What On Earth Are We Doing With Our Money?

You might already be familiar with Refinery29โ€™s Money Diariesโ€ฆ well, this is the Vestpod version! Weโ€™ve put together a few questions to help us understand what women are doing with their money, and they've answered! Always fun, always succinct, and always anonymous.


Management consultant. paris. 28. married.

๐Ÿ’ญ Financial goals:

Short term (1-5 years): Find a property, a loan and buy it.

Medium term (5-10 years): Being able to both reimburse my mortgage and travel.

Long term (10 years +): Buy a 2nd property ? Save for the kids..who knows?

๐ŸŒŸ Best buy ever: Laptop.

๐Ÿ˜ณ Worst buy ever: Regular trips to high street shops is a good answer.

๐Ÿ‘€ Things you spend the most money on: Rent, travel, clothes.

๐Ÿ˜Œ Pension: No.

๐Ÿ”ฎ Insurances: Home insurance.

๐Ÿ’ธ Salary / Income: £50,000

๐Ÿ’ฐ Net worth (what you own vs what you owe, or your assets minus your debts): £20,000

๐Ÿ’ป Any side hustles: Sadly not, but I hope to in the future. Just waiting for an inspiration!

๐Ÿ‘› Savings: Yes, savings account and PEL (French type of account to buy a property).

๐Ÿ  Home: Not yet.

๐Ÿ”ฆ Debt: £0.

๐Ÿ“ˆ Investing: Through my workplace pension.

โšก What is money for you? Freedom.

๐Ÿš€ What is financial independence for you? That money is not an excuse for not being able to do the things you like.


THANK YOU!

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