The Financial Case for Doing Nothing Podcast May 21 Written By Paul Fenner <div class="video-caption-wrapper"> <div class="video-caption"> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block" data-block-css="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/fa064889-35e4-452f-a442-609281306ad6_586/website.components.html.styles.css"]" data-block-scripts="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/fa064889-35e4-452f-a442-609281306ad6_586/website.components.html.visitor.js"]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name="website.components.html" data-sqsp-block="text" data-website-component-id="af5c4f3206ebd05e6778" id="block-af5c4f3206ebd05e6778"><div class="sqs-block-content"><div class="sqs-text-block-container"> <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">When is the last time you had an uninterrupted thought? Not about logistics. Not about money. About your actual life and whether the direction you're running is still the direction you chose?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Today, I want to explore why the most productive thinking rarely happens when we're at full speed, and what that costs us as parents and as people trying to make good financial decisions.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">I share a conversation with a family who named something most busy families feel but rarely say out loud, and reflect on what a pandemic parking lot moment taught Theresa and me about the pace they'd built into their lives.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The action step is simple: ten minutes of intentional nothing this week. One question to sit with. 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Is It Telling the Truth?" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a> <!-- Products: Quick View --> </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary"> <!-- Timestamp --> <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2026-05-18">May 18, 2026</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/blog/your-brain-is-writing-your-financial-story-is-it-telling-the-truth" class="summary-title-link"> Your Brain Is Writing Your Financial Story. Is It Telling the Truth? </a> </div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary"> <!-- Timestamp --> <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2026-05-18">May 18, 2026</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Your brain doesn't process financial information neutrally; it filters for what confirms the story you already believe. In uncertain times, that filter gets stronger, not weaker. 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It's about the gap between where they are and where they assumed they'd be. Expectations built years ago that were never examined or never really chosen.</p></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary"> <!-- Timestamp --> <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2026-05-11">May 11, 2026</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item positioned summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/blog/why-stories-move-us-more-than-numbers" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Why Stories Move Us More Than Numbers" data-description="" aria-label="Why Stories Move Us More Than Numbers" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image"> <!-- Main Image --> <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/654fc246aba94f2bc8f1413e/1778026442903-3CMSNEPRVQRQ74IQAM4G/Article+Photo.png" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/654fc246aba94f2bc8f1413e/1778026442903-3CMSNEPRVQRQ74IQAM4G/Article+Photo.png" data-image-dimensions="1408x768" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Why Stories Move Us More Than Numbers" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a> <!-- Products: Quick View --> </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary"> <!-- Timestamp --> <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2026-05-06">May 6, 2026</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/blog/why-stories-move-us-more-than-numbers" class="summary-title-link"> Why Stories Move Us More Than Numbers </a> </div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary"> <!-- Timestamp --> <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2026-05-06">May 6, 2026</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The financial decisions that keep you up at night are rarely caused by data. They’re caused by stories, someone else’s story about what they bought, earned, or achieved, that makes your perfectly solid plan suddenly feel inadequate.The financial decisions that keep you up at night are rarely caused by data. They’re caused by stories, someone else’s story about what they bought, earned, or achieved, that makes your perfectly solid plan suddenly feel inadequate.</p></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary"> <!-- Timestamp --> <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2026-05-06">May 6, 2026</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <style>.fe-block-2f242c043ef335c9091d {mix-blend-mode: ; }</style> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-5 span-5"><div class="sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block" data-block-css="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/fa064889-35e4-452f-a442-609281306ad6_586/website.components.html.styles.css"]" data-block-scripts="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/fa064889-35e4-452f-a442-609281306ad6_586/website.components.html.visitor.js"]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name="website.components.html" data-sqsp-block="text" data-website-component-id="5e167112424a0d893bc5" id="block-5e167112424a0d893bc5"><div class="sqs-block-content"><div class="sqs-text-block-container"> <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content><h4 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">1 Big Idea to Think About</h4><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The most productive thinking in your financial life, and your personal life, rarely happens at full speed. It happens in the margins you're probably not protecting.</p></li></ul><h4 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">1 Way You Can Apply This</h4><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Block ten minutes this week for intentional nothing: no podcast, no phone, no input. Let your brain work without feeding it more tasks.</p></li></ul><h4 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">1 Question to Ask</h4><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Is the pace I'm living at something I chose, or something that happened to me?</p></li></ul><h4 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><strong>Resources Featured in This Episode:</strong></h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href="https://www.tammacapital.com/blog/how-to-recognize-when-to-take-a-break-and-when-to-seek-support">How to Recognize When to Take a Break and When to Seek Support</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href="https://www.tammacapital.com/blog/how-to-recognize-when-to-take-a-break-and-when-to-seek-support">You Can Always Make More Money, But You Can't Make More Time</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href="/blog/creating-balance-with-tech-money-and-family-life">Creating Balance With Tech, Money, and Family Life</a></p></div> <style id="container-styles">#block-5e167112424a0d893bc5 { --stroke-style: none;--stroke-thickness: 6px; 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The Financial Case for Doing Nothing Podcast May 21 Written By Paul Fenner <div class="video-caption-wrapper"> <div class="video-caption"> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block" data-block-css="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/fa064889-35e4-452f-a442-609281306ad6_586/website.components.html.styles.css"]" data-block-scripts="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/fa064889-35e4-452f-a442-609281306ad6_586/website.components.html.visitor.js"]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name="website.components.html" data-sqsp-block="text" data-website-component-id="af5c4f3206ebd05e6778" id="block-af5c4f3206ebd05e6778"><div class="sqs-block-content"><div class="sqs-text-block-container"> <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">When is the last time you had an uninterrupted thought? Not about logistics. Not about money. About your actual life and whether the direction you're running is still the direction you chose?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Today, I want to explore why the most productive thinking rarely happens when we're at full speed, and what that costs us as parents and as people trying to make good financial decisions.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">I share a conversation with a family who named something most busy families feel but rarely say out loud, and reflect on what a pandemic parking lot moment taught Theresa and me about the pace they'd built into their lives.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The action step is simple: ten minutes of intentional nothing this week. One question to sit with. 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Is It Telling the Truth?" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a> <!-- Products: Quick View --> </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary"> <!-- Timestamp --> <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2026-05-18">May 18, 2026</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/blog/your-brain-is-writing-your-financial-story-is-it-telling-the-truth" class="summary-title-link"> Your Brain Is Writing Your Financial Story. Is It Telling the Truth? </a> </div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary"> <!-- Timestamp --> <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2026-05-18">May 18, 2026</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Your brain doesn't process financial information neutrally; it filters for what confirms the story you already believe. In uncertain times, that filter gets stronger, not weaker. 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It's about the gap between where they are and where they assumed they'd be. Expectations built years ago that were never examined or never really chosen.</p></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary"> <!-- Timestamp --> <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2026-05-11">May 11, 2026</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-item positioned summary-item-record-type-text sqs-gallery-design-list-slide summary-item-has-thumbnail summary-item-has-excerpt summary-item-has-author " > <div class="summary-thumbnail-outer-container"> <a href="/blog/why-stories-move-us-more-than-numbers" class=" summary-thumbnail-container sqs-gallery-image-container " data-title="Why Stories Move Us More Than Numbers" data-description="" aria-label="Why Stories Move Us More Than Numbers" > <div class="summary-thumbnail img-wrapper" data-animation-role="image"> <!-- Main Image --> <img data-src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/654fc246aba94f2bc8f1413e/1778026442903-3CMSNEPRVQRQ74IQAM4G/Article+Photo.png" data-image="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/654fc246aba94f2bc8f1413e/1778026442903-3CMSNEPRVQRQ74IQAM4G/Article+Photo.png" data-image-dimensions="1408x768" data-image-focal-point="0.5,0.5" alt="Why Stories Move Us More Than Numbers" data-load="false" class="summary-thumbnail-image" elementtiming="summary-thumbnail-image-list" /> </div> </a> <!-- Products: Quick View --> </div> <div class="summary-content sqs-gallery-meta-container" data-animation-role="content"> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--above-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary"> <!-- Timestamp --> <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2026-05-06">May 6, 2026</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/blog/why-stories-move-us-more-than-numbers" class="summary-title-link"> Why Stories Move Us More Than Numbers </a> </div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary"> <!-- Timestamp --> <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2026-05-06">May 6, 2026</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The financial decisions that keep you up at night are rarely caused by data. They’re caused by stories, someone else’s story about what they bought, earned, or achieved, that makes your perfectly solid plan suddenly feel inadequate.The financial decisions that keep you up at night are rarely caused by data. They’re caused by stories, someone else’s story about what they bought, earned, or achieved, that makes your perfectly solid plan suddenly feel inadequate.</p></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary"> <!-- Timestamp --> <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2026-05-06">May 6, 2026</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <style>.fe-block-2f242c043ef335c9091d {mix-blend-mode: ; }</style> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-5 span-5"><div class="sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block" data-block-css="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/fa064889-35e4-452f-a442-609281306ad6_586/website.components.html.styles.css"]" data-block-scripts="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/fa064889-35e4-452f-a442-609281306ad6_586/website.components.html.visitor.js"]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name="website.components.html" data-sqsp-block="text" data-website-component-id="5e167112424a0d893bc5" id="block-5e167112424a0d893bc5"><div class="sqs-block-content"><div class="sqs-text-block-container"> <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content><h4 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">1 Big Idea to Think About</h4><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The most productive thinking in your financial life, and your personal life, rarely happens at full speed. It happens in the margins you're probably not protecting.</p></li></ul><h4 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">1 Way You Can Apply This</h4><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Block ten minutes this week for intentional nothing: no podcast, no phone, no input. Let your brain work without feeding it more tasks.</p></li></ul><h4 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">1 Question to Ask</h4><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Is the pace I'm living at something I chose, or something that happened to me?</p></li></ul><h4 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><strong>Resources Featured in This Episode:</strong></h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href="https://www.tammacapital.com/blog/how-to-recognize-when-to-take-a-break-and-when-to-seek-support">How to Recognize When to Take a Break and When to Seek Support</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href="https://www.tammacapital.com/blog/how-to-recognize-when-to-take-a-break-and-when-to-seek-support">You Can Always Make More Money, But You Can't Make More Time</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href="/blog/creating-balance-with-tech-money-and-family-life">Creating Balance With Tech, Money, and Family Life</a></p></div> <style id="container-styles">#block-5e167112424a0d893bc5 { --stroke-style: none;--stroke-thickness: 6px; 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