08/25/2026
I'm 40 years old and I'm not afraid to admit that....Â
1. At 31, I felt like a FAILURE when my first child was just born, because I still didn't have a clear plan for how I would provide for my family's financial future.
2. I was DISSAPOINTED in myself when I finally analyzed the financial path that was on and realized that it wouldn’t even come close to covering expenses and providing experiences.
3. I felt HOPELESS that even with a good job and the unlimited overtime that I was maxing out, I still couldn't give my family the life that I wanted for them.Â
4. I got DESPERATE when the idea of refinancing my house or winning the lottery would only give short term pleasure but it wouldn’t really leave them better off in the long run.
5. Only then did I realize that I was still CLUELESS about how money worked.Â
6. Then I also realized that my kids would just see me as a HYPOCRITE, even if I gave amazing advice to start a business when they're young and invest early, unless I was already doing those things myself.Â
7. I knew I had to face the UNCERTAINTY despite having a comfortable government job and took my first step on a journey to learn as much as I could about business and finance.Â
8. Regardless of the FEAR that I felt now, that I’d one day know enough about business and money, to be able to guide my kids to live the dream life that they would want.Â
But of course, while on this journey, life hit hard… and I had to scale back my business and take care of some family health issues. Thankfully, I didn’t have to worry about money because of how I was able to use what I learned so far to structure my finances correctly.
Now, at 40, I can gladly look back and be happy that even though I'm not where I was hoping to be at this age, the steps I did take towards uncertainty and fear, still put me in a better place, than if I didn't.
If you're on a similar journey, feel free to follow along.