# 240. Investing Delay: The "I'll Start When Things Calm Down" Excuse Costing You Over €1,000,000 (Do THIS Instead)

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Podcast: [Centsational Women Investing: Personal Finance, Wealth & ETF Investing for European Women](https://stenobird.com/podcast/centsational-women-investing-6727448)
Published: 2026-09-10T04:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail "I'll start when things calm down." You've said it. Maybe you're saying it right now. This week on The Centsational Aperitivo, the team goes after that sentence and doesn't let it off easy. In this episode: We run the actual numbers on what "waiting a few years" really costs you by retirementThe gap between starting now and starting later will make you rethink every "not yet”What actually counts as "not ready" versus what's just a comfortable excuse, and why every year you wa...

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