In this Friday Q&A episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Owen Rask and Gemma Mitchell tackle the emotional side of money decisions, from learning how to actually enjoy financial progress, to handling early investing nerves, career burnout and retirement timing.

This episode is less about spreadsheets and more about behaviour, mindset and realistic trade-offs, especially for people who are doing “well on paper” but still feeling stuck or unsure.

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Topics Covered

– How to reward yourself after reaching financial milestones

– Avoiding the trap of extreme saving & money guilt

– Managing early investing nerves and ETF losses

– When (and why) people sell shares too early

– Why losses feel bigger than they are when you're just starting

– Feeling stuck in a high-income job you don’t like

– What “golden handcuffs” are & how to escape them

– Retirement timing vs super access vs pension age

– Building optionality and buffers before quitting a job

Resources for this episode

How to build a values-based money system

Buy Gemma’s book “The Money Reset”

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Rask resources

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