Who am I?
As a 28-year-old (yikes!) who has stumbled his way through life thus far, finding a means to consistently track my path towards financial redemption, prosperity, and ultimately independence, has led me to create this blog.
You see, I love investing. It occupies my mind constantly. Be it business ideas, stocks, peer-to-peer lending, or real estate, I find myself desiring more and more knowledge. Yet most of this love is tempered in action by a lack of capital and resources due to a few mistakes I’ve made in the adult years of my life. I plan on overcoming and pushing past the challenges I’ve experienced in my life and moving forward into prosperity. Financial independence and success isn’t something that comes overnight, but is instead a process that takes years. Taking full advantage of my future compounding, and diving in, full steam ahead, is the only way I will overcome these obstacles, and take control over my own financial future.
My Path
My financial journey started out well enough. I graduated early from college with an accounting degree in the fall of 2006, and began full-time employment immediately upon graduation. Sharing a two bedroom apartment with my best friend, I earnestly began to save money. Things were going very well. However, during that following year, the wheels started to come off the bus. In an effort to hit all the “check boxes” I got married, bought a brand new house, and proceeded to fall into financial difficulties. Fast forwarding a few years, my marriage ended, I was stuck with a seriously underwater home, living in the next state over, and trying to put back the financial pieces. A year later, and at the end of last spring, after starting to get things headed back in the right direction, I lost my job, followed by a car accident, and finally my long-term tenants moved out leaving my still underwater house vacant. Naturally, this did not have a positive effect on my savings.
My Future
That of course brings us to today. I am with a beautiful, fiscally savvy girl, gainfully employed, re-stocked some money in savings, and am hoping to sell the house this year! My goal for this blog is to provide me with an outlet for me to discuss some of my investment choices and preferences, tracking my multiple streams of passive income, as well as document other facets of life on my lifelong path into prosperity and success. Today, we will write our own reality.
That was a great post. Can’t wait to hear more!
Thanks for commenting! I can’t wait to share more!
Reality,
I stopped by to write you a lengthy comment and offer some encouragement, but every time I write over a few lines the entire comment deletes itself…so I’ll just say best of luck.
Best wishes.
Thanks for the feedback and the well wishes DM! Sorry for the difficulties with the posting, I will certainly look into that!
Glad to hear that things have picked up for you recently W2R. We all have to start somewhere, but in my book making a start is the most important thing, with whatever resources you have. I look forward to checking in on your progress
Thanks for the comment FI! I’m looking forward to tracking and seeing how things progress, while learning about and exploring the many facets of my investment decisions.
Hey W2P, got here through Mr. 1500 – around the same age as you pursuing FI, will be a regular here!
Kapital, great to have you on-board as a reader!