January 2017 – Miss Mazuma

Oh my – so sorry for my absence! I have been sick as a dog and finally, the clouds in my mind have cleared enough to write. 🙂

Well – something big happened and I failed to report it! In December I was interviewed by Elle from Couple Money Podcast. Guys, I was so so nervous!! I have never been interviewed before…actually, that’s not true. I have been interviewed before but it was an impromptu thing at a neighborhood party so it totally doesn’t count.

Anywho, Elle contacted me regarding my story of debt and how I got through it. Though my story really has nothing to do with being a couple (unless you count the brief marriage and divorce in the middle), it has EVERYTHING to do with money…and my lack of it.

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If you have been following here for a while, you know that writing about that time in my life was not easy for me, talking about it was even harder. Continue reading “I’m Officially Famous For Being In Debt” →

I write amongst a large group of people who are all focused on the same thing… financial independence – FI for short. FI is the amount of money that is needed to sustain your specific lifestyle comfortably for the unforeseeable future regardless if you work or not. Some have calculated their number based on a formula and when they hit it they will quit, others have picked a date and plan to hustle to until then. Personally, I am working towards a date. November 16, 2023.

I’ve talked about my date in-depth HERE, but briefly, I will explain that I have based it on a combination of actual retirement from my job and the amount of time it will take for me to save for my FI number and have come up with November 16, 2022. Though I have no intention of actually retiring, I will be so happy to know that I can take off months at a time and not worry about my financial future. Looking 6 years into the future, I see me spending my free time traveling, volunteering, maybe a bit of working…you know, enjoying life!! But what about right now? What about the seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, and years between now and then? Am I looking to far into the future without giving today the attention it deserves?

I know many of you can’t read the line in that photo without breaking into Steven Tyler’s voice so go ahead…I’ll wait…

Continue reading “Financial Independence: The Journey AND The Destination” →