What if quitting your job didn’t mean putting your wealth-building goals on hold?
Six years ago, I quit my 9-to-5 as a stockbroker with an $80K net worth, nothing financially lined up, starting grad school, and a salary that had never been higher than $45K. Today, my net worth has grown to $250K—and I still haven’t needed a six-figure salary to build wealth.
In this episode, I’m breaking down how I grew my net worth after quitting my job by learning how to optimize the money I already had instead of waiting to earn more. I share how I kept building wealth through grad school, entrepreneurship, $0-income months, travel, and even a major health emergency.
We’re talking about how I invested my old 401(k) so it kept growing after I left my employer, why investing my HSA became a financial lifeline when I unexpectedly landed in the hospital, and how I learned to use investments strategically instead of being terrified to touch them. My old 401(k) alone grew from around $30K to more than $50K after I quit.
Most importantly, this episode is about becoming work optional. Retirement doesn’t have to mean waiting until you’re 65 to finally enjoy your life. Building wealth gives you choices: quit the job, take the sabbatical, travel, start the business, or simply know you don’t have to keep working somewhere you hate forever.
If you’ve been telling yourself you need to make more money, hit a certain net worth, or have everything perfectly figured out before you can quit your job or start building wealth, this episode is for you.
Because the amount you have matters a whole lot less when you know how to make the money you already have grow.
Whether you're in your 20s building your first investment account or approaching retirement, this episode will help you think more intentionally about growing—and eventually using—your wealth.
If you're LGBTQ+, BIPOC, first-generation, immigrant, or neurodivergent and you're ready to stop guessing with your money, I help clients optimize their cash, credit, debt, and investments so they can build wealth with their current income—and eventually feel confident enough to enjoy it.
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