About Me!

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Little bit about me...

I grew up in the mid-west.  My life was the same as most growing up.  A few siblings, my dad worked and my mom stayed home with us kids.  I was never educated on how to manage my money.  I started mowing lawns when I was 10 to fuel my new hobby of working on my minibike.  I eventually got that running and when I did, I sold it.  I bought a moped, fixed that up and sold that...and so on.  I have always been fascinated by money...mainly because I wanted to spend it.  I was so good at spending it, I racked up thousands in credit card debt in my early twenties.  My barista income wasn't covering my spending, so I tried a debt consolidation company...that was bad news... Sharing what I did with my parents, they helped me out with cleaning that debt off my plate.  Great!

Freshly married, I moved to Austin.  I kept up with my barista job until making a connection at Apple, and next up, I was in sales.  Finally!  We were making enough money to survive, take care of our new baby, and live a little.  We modified our spending to the new salary.  Savings?  Naw.

Fast forward several years and what's changed?  Nothing.  I would always work more to cover any money needed.  I tried and tried to implement plans and budgets, etc.  But failed constantly.  

That brings me to now...

My wife and I ended our marriage after thirteen years and now I am on my own, figuring it all out.  What a journey!

So many things have changed!  I have completely turned my life around both mentally and physically.  I spend so much of my time talking about the things I have learned and am continuing to learn that I decided to share everything in hopes of helping YOU!

Cheers!

Addison