Health is Wealth | Physical Wellness and the Connection to Financial Wellness | Increasing your Healthspan and Enjoying your Wealth #138

The Military Money Manual Podcast

What's the point of building wealth if you're not healthy enough to enjoy it? Today, Spencer and Jamie explore the connection between physical health and financial health. Although this is a slight diversion from our money-focused podcast, we want to encourage you to keep both portions of wellness in balance as you grow towards a wealthy life that you can enjoy.

Links mentioned in today's show:

• The Peter Attia Drive podcast
• Casper mattresses
• Vuori shorts

Key takeaways:

• You have to be intentional about maintaining your health- it doesn't happen without intentional planning (just like growing your money!)
• Don't live inside the spreadsheet in an attempt to maximize savings and have a perfect budget if you won't even be healthy enough to play with your kids or go on vacation
• The bedrock of good health is sleep
• Little habits that you repeat over time build on themselves to make you healthier AND wealthier
• You can prioritize spending on your wellness and health (good mattresses, gym membership, quality food, good running shoes, etc.)
• Start working to increase your healthspan- the amount of your lifespan that you're actually healthy
• Being healthier will enable you to have more energy to excel at work and at home
• If you've been out of balance, let today be the day to ask for help

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