During my money journey I noticed that most of the advice I was getting went something along the lines of “Just follow these simple steps to build wealth,” but nothing about life is simple. There are good days and bad days, wins and losses, and sometimes life just flat out sucks. There’s inequality, some people are born rich, some are born poor. Some people are saddled with really crappy family members from birth. The point I’m making here is that life is not a level playing field, so a one size fits all step by step financial plan probably won’t work for everyone. A lot of the advice I sought didn’t really take into account the mental damage some people have endured throughout their lives. A lot of the debt I incurred was because I was trying to cope with my miserable unsuccessful existence. Getting me to save and invest wouldn’t fix my self hate. As I began to achieve the things I set out to do, I didn’t feel the need to buy as...
Hello Readers! This is a blog about money. More specifically, it’s my attempt at creating a framework for building wealth overtime. What I think you will find most interesting about this blog is that I am creating it during my financial independence journey. You get a front row seat to all my wins and losses as they happen. When I first took an interest in the pursuit of wealth I turned to bloggers, authors, financial gurus, and entrepreneurs for the answers to how to live a rich life. I noticed that most of these people told their stories after the fact. They had already achieved financial independence or they were speaking to me from their ivory tower with their butler serving them tea in bed telling me how to be rich like them. Now, I believe their advice is sound, but I think you start to loose perspective when you begin giving advice after you made it. Now it's still my opinion that you should listen to people who ...