Path to Confidence: Stop Checking Your Stocks Every Day

If your definition of success is my account was in the green today, you're basically letting the market control your emotions. To me, that's not investing. That is just plain old stress, and it's not fun. Today, Andrew and I are going to continue our path to confidence series, and we're gonna be talking about what to replace that yardstick with with something that actually helps you measure your portfolio. And we're gonna talk about just breaking that nasty checking the stock price habit. So buckle up. Here we go. Support comes from Wise, the smart way to manage the currencies you need around the globe. Fed up with losing out to hidden fees when you send money abroad with your everyday bank? Choose the smart way. Wise. You can count on the exchange rate you'd usually find on Google. No unwelcome surprises. Plus, ditch that where's my money feeling. Most transfers arrive in under twenty seconds. Join millions saving billions on hidden fees. Be smart. Get wise. Download the Wyze app today. Ts and Cs apply. You're listening to a quick ad. You know what else is quick? Selling your car on Carvana. Just put in your vehicle information, and we'll give you an offer. Done. No hassle. No negotiation. No guy from an online listing lowballing you, which means by the time I'm done explaining this, you could have basically done it. Still haven't started? Hey. Better late than ever. Sell your car today on Carvana. Pickup fees may apply. You're tuned in. You're tuned in. To the investing for beginners podcast. Investing for beginners podcast. The show for the long term investor. We cut through the noise to focus on what works. Compounding, discipline, the conviction to buy wonderful businesses and stick with them. Your path to financial freedom. Start now. And welcome back to the Investing for Beginners podcast, everybody. My name is Stephen Morris, and across from me is Andrew Sather. And today, we are rocking and rolling with episode five of the path to confidence series. Confidence? Confidence. That's what I said right, not confidence. Okay. It's path to confidence series. And today, Andrew, we're gonna be talking about just the measuring stick, the way you measure, your portfolio. Because I promise the way I did it when I started was I look at it. I'm like, oh, it's green today. And then the next day, it's red. And I feel like there's a lot more red days than there ever are green days. And so it just gets super, super stressful and daunting and just... You don't even wanna, like, do it anymore. And that's why I wanted to make sure we included it in this series is because to me, like, if you demotivate me, that is the quickest way to get me to, like, stop doing anything. It's just take away my motivation. And, you know, when we're when we're constantly looking at that that that brokerage account, and it's constantly …