Q&A: We Have $80K in Cash and Want a 1–2 Year Sabbatical. Is It Enough?

Podcast: Afford Anything | Get Smarter With Money · Paula Pant, Personal Finance Expert

Opublikowano: 2026-09-29

#754: Four months of savings in the bank, a goal of eight, and a career break she's excited to fund. Does everything else really have to wait? Paula and Joe's answer: don't turn your emergency fund into an emergency. A 42-year-old UK listener asks how to split money between an emergency fund, a career break, and retirement. Then we map out a 30-something couple's sabbatical and ask whether you can objectively grade a politician on the economy. In this episode, we discuss: How to tell a true emergency from...