I like those too! I haven’t bought them in ages because I haven’t been to Aldi much. But I used to add a can of (drained) black beans and a chopped up avocado (and sometimes more cheese) and that was a heck of a good meal. I will look for the TJs version because there is one near my house and I go there a lot more.
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OMG I love your enthusiasm about these and could listen to it for ages, that actually made me feel really happy and excited and uplifted!
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Gentle suggestion:
Would anybody be interested in a dedicated thread for each episode? That way we could discuss the particular content/issues that come up in each one. And spoiler it for tricky stuff (like the weight shaming in that one episode – I think it was #7? The one with the canadian couple who want a cottage) so that people who want to nope out of that one can still comment on other episodes. I was thinking start with episode 1 because I think Ramit is morphing a bit as the series develops.
@anomalily if you are uncomfortable with this idea we can forget it. This is your platform and you have your own podcast/show and Ramit’s style and approach is not a good fit for everyone here so maybe it isn’t a good idea to focus so much on his content. But there is so much good stuff coming up about money psychology so…
Oh, also – this is the kind of thing where the old “nested comment” structure that many forums (fora?) used to have comes in handy. Makes it easier to track who is commenting on what previous comment visually. Yes, I am old and I still miss some aspects of the good old 1990s internet…
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I’m going to play devil’s avocado here and say I’m not crazy about this. I read or listen to one or a few randomly, not in order and come to gossip ASAP. Or I check out an episode because it had good gossip. I would absolutely 100% not participate in individuals threads. Totally open to spoileriing if I accidentally trigger someone
Also the salad 
I used to do the same thing with adding canned beans as an almost instant meal when I was exhausting and lived alone. And the cabbage ones are so good. For a while I had a million packets of bacon bits because I fell in love with sunflower bacon crunch despite being veggie. We also get them for traveling and cottages! The enthusiasm and gratitude is so infectious.
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Ok point taken. For me a lot of interesting points about money psychology that are worth discussing in more depth seem to be getting lost in the shuffle.
I may experiment with starting separate threads for some things I’d personally like to talk about in more depth, with a link to the specific episode so it is clear what the spark for that topic. Then this thread can continue to be more free flowing
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Eh, I get more out of them as a broad thread for the whole podcast because I think it would get too far into each couple/ household and I am getting more out of the broad themes?
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I just recently discovered how amazing salad kits are too! Since going back to school I have way less time to wash and chop lettuce and all the veggies and toppings etc. One grocery store near me always has those salad kits on clearance and I started grabbing a few when I would see them really cheap…they are so good, and like you I love the dressing that I would never normally buy haha, and the little crunchy toppings. It’s such a perfect dinner to dump one in a bowl, and add a protein source if I have it.
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You guyyyyyyzzzzzzzz. 
haha, I should post about food…er, more than I already do!
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Go for it! Do you want a subforum?
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I don’t think it needs its own subforum, but do we have something like a “Media reviews and discussion” section? I don’t pay much attention to the categories posts go under, TBH. But we could put all relevant stuff under that heading and then it might be easier for people to find discussions about particular genres, etc that they are interested in.
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I have a trademarked salad term “big a** salads” that I use my mixing bowl and make a giant dinner salad. It is not as fancy as the prechopped ones and I realize it is more work but I LOVE THEM. I use whatever veggies/protein we have in the fridge with no regard to what is “proper” for a salad and use a variety of dressings (my favorites are this buffalo sauce, fancy balsamic vinegars and olive oils, (not)vegan Caesar dressing (it has eggs, my bad), tahini/soy sauce dressing)
Sometimes my salads look like this:
Leftover kale, mixed greens/romaine, chopped raw mushrooms, raw brussels, oven roasted carrots from 2 nights ago, garbanzo beans, rotisserie chicken, crispy onions, cherry tomatoes and buffalo sauce.
I fully support @AllHat in getting the prechopped salads, I love that mindset switch and that it is adding value to your life without guilt. Get the fancy salad. ENJOY THE CRAP OUT OF THAT FANCY SALAD. 
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Do you have a favorite vegan Caesar dressing? I like Ceasar dressing and am fine with dairy but don’t eat anchovies.
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Opps, I guess my favorite one isn’t vegan because it has eggs, but it is this one from primal kitchen. It does not have anchovies!!
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I am cool with eggs too, just not fish. Thanks!
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On topic: I did really like the most recent episode (25) and discussing old scripts that we tell ourselves, finding inconsistencies in our beliefs, and the discussion of how traditional gender roles may have shaped that.
I like how Ramit seems to be focusing on better and better things as he is developing. In this one he really dove into getting to the root of their beliefs instead of shaming. It was a bit weird because I thought more of the discussion with the couple was cut out than normal but I enjoyed it.
I really liked this exchange:
Summary
Jack: [00:22:35] So, I want to make a billion dollars, right? And yeah, which is like, tat’s the reaction I always get. So, that’s a reaction I always get when I’m like, by 50, I want to be a billionaire, there’s always a reaction, and, well, for better or for worse, my track record of starting businesses have not been great, so always seems like a pipe dream. And I’m a dreamer, I like to shoot for the moon, right? I like to just be far out there. And when I get those responses from her, I feel like it grounds me, and I could be wrong, and that could be holding me back.
Ramit Sethi: [00:23:18] Have you ever asked her why she reacts like that?
Jack: [00:23:22] No.
Ramit Sethi: [00:23:23] Ask her.
Jack: [00:23:25] Why do you react like that, honey?
Gemma: [00:23:28] There are two things that come to my mind, and I am very grounded, so I’m immediately like, so what’s the project plan for that? That’s one aspect of where I’m like, let’s work on the plan then. And then, the other part of me is just like, do we need that? Like it almost feels like we can’t be happy until we have that. Like happiness is out there in this dream, and it’s just like, but my fear is like you’re never going to let yourself to be happy if you don’t reach that dream? And I think life can pass us by if we do that and it scares me.
Ramit Sethi: [00:24:21] Kind of interesting what you learn when you ask your partner about their beliefs, isn’t it?
I am all for big goals (I signed up to run an ultra marathon when I couldn’t even run a 5k) but I had a plan for how I was going to get there and the big goal was out of my reach but not like SUPER far out of my reach. I can see how having big goals that are not grounded in any sort of reality can create conflicts in relationships.
On goals in general: this year I have stopped making goals. I really like what she said about not feeling like you can be happy until you hit these goals. That is not true, and this year my focus was to try and be more happy before reaching any sort of goal. While I like how goals have helped me in the past I want to experiment and see if focusing more on the daily or weekly aspects of my life without needing to always achieve more will get me closer to living my rich life.
eta: #DoLessClub
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I’m still working on making this work the way I want to, but I’ve made a @pop culture sub forum and moved this thread there. I also made the first post a wiki
by default new topics in this category are “wikis” - you can use header links to link to new episodes/seasons within a thread, the first post is a wiki thread can be edited by all users with a trust level over 1 (most users that are relatively active) What is a Wiki Post? - faq - Discourse Meta
My thought it to make this an index for in-thread discussions.
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@AllHat I love that you’re so happy with your bagged salads!
I signed up for personal training with my favorite CrossFit coach every couple of weeks. It’s $50/session so an extra $100 a month. Totally worth it to make better progress.
And I’m trying out some weird alternative therapies for my cats and myself. I probably would have done that one anyway but I’m really feeling like I’m rich and that it’s not a big deal, instead of analyzing the opportunity cost and coming up with a list of what else I could buy with that money!
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I liked this one a lot too! Taking your rich life a week or month at a time feels both kind of overwhelming but also much more helpful than “what do you wanna do with your entire life?”
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Just so you all know: I’m eating one of those salads right now.
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Inspired by this thread, I added one to the shopping list today.
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