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Genre: Education
Date of upload: Jun 21, 2022 ^^
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I spent my 20s making every mistake in the book lol...drugs, partying annd in the end i got kicked out from college without any kind of qualifications so i created my own cleaning company back in 2016. The first 2 years i had no real income - i reinvested all the money that the company has made into educations for my team, equipment and cars. The pandemic was literally the breakthrough for our company and just within a couple of months our turnover has tripled but then the worst that could happen happened... Breach of contract and licenses that have been withdrawn and all that just happened because of two teammates that havent done their job right. I had to close the company last year, sold everything to pay off my debts that came by the mistakes we have made and i still got around 15k left in debts... Im about to turn 28 and tbh i dont know how to continue. Im living in germany and thank god education is free here but going back to school at 28 ? Wont be easy... Sorry for my english but its super frustrating and dont know how i can bring myself back on track
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My journey into FIRE has taught me a lot of lessons, at the top of that list is that it never pays to live above one's means. I have managed to grow a nest egg of around $600k to a decent 7 figures in the space of 14 months. Sad to say but a lot of us have poor money management skills. My 2 cents -get an advisor to keep you accountable and aid you make better decision, I find it better to pay a little bit more for peace of mind than worry about money or market trends and still get burned.
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Thanks, I've been following and agree with all these steps. Right now my goals are: holding on to $12,000 for a car (since mine is from 2004 so I could suddenly need another car and I'd prefer to buy with cash or a very short term loan), limiting my lifestyle inflation by continuing my monthly spending/goals spreadsheet every month, improving our finances together with my partner with our monthly finance spreadsheets and discussions, and starting a Youtube channel for my biggest hobby passion to improve things like public speaking and video editing (I had a different channel I really enjoyed awhile ago but stopped years ago)
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Love this message! My goal is to retire at age 50, I'm a physician but I don't spend like one, though I do focus on experiences such as eating out and traveling and saving and investing the rest. Reading "Die With Zero" by Bill Perkins really changed my perspective on focusing on splitting my life into time buckets and retiring early.
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Some universities actually have compartmentalized professional programs where you actually go to school for less than four years, maybe two or three, but you are on a very specific professional path like accounting. This allows someone to optimize college get done in a shorter period of time with a very defined professional goal.
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@blaquopaque
1 month ago
The best thing and the simplest thing you could do is make sure you're investing at least $1000 into your brokerage or retirement account Quarterly. If you aren't able to, figure out how to come up with some extra cash. Your future self needs it.
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