What does it mean to live temperance in a culture built on overconsumption? In this episode of The Ordered Life Podcast, hosts Sean Gregory (Portfolio Manager), and AJ Sanson (Associate Investment Advisor) explore how temperance, the virtue of balance and self-mastery, frees us from excess so we can live with clarity, discipline, and peace.

Temperance isn’t about rigid denial; it’s about ordering our desires so they serve us, not control us. The hosts share practical stories, from the Olive Garden “breadsticks” analogy to lessons in family spending and financial planning, showing how temperance helps us choose what is truly good over what merely feels available.

• Why temperance is about balance and degree, not avoidance.

• How overindulgence in money, work, or habits keeps us enslaved to our appetites.

• The link between financial discipline and the freedom to serve others.

• Practical ways to build temperance: accountability, structured limits, and expense awareness.

• Why temperance is the enabling virtue for prudence, justice, and fortitude.

Whether you’re a young professional facing career pressures or a parent raising kids in a world of endless options, this episode connects timeless wisdom with modern financial realities.

Learn how practicing temperance can bring order over desires—so your money can serve your goals, and your goals can serve the good.