Ep. 79 - The Money Talk

Good morning everyone - today we're going to talk money.

Chances are, your money situation isn't optimal.  

Today, I'm going to share my story with money...

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...where I came from, where I'm at today, and where I'm going

On today's show, we discuss:

• Rob's history with money
• Childhood, growing up
• My history with bankruptcy
• My history with debt

My history with Dave Ramsey

• Talk radio dating back to 2008/09 on the road
• Good option to take a break from politics / sports / talk radio
• All sounded the same anyways in each city I lived and worked in 
• First podcast I ever listened to
• Continued listening in 2011 in California all the way to 2013 in Texas
• Pretty much stopped listening at that point
• Had actually begun to create content, blog and podcast under name "The Nameless Wayfarer"
• Then Utah trip -> Coma in Denver in Sept 2013 -> home
• Used credit cards to fund my move home
• Used credit cards to fund my time chasing other people's dreams from 2014-2016 
• Burnout 2.0 in August 2016
• FPU 1.0 in Jan-March 2017 at Wellington 
• FPU 2.0 in Jan-March 2018 at Heartland Community Church
• FPU 3.0 in Jan-March 2019 at Heartland Community Church
  • Finally decided to get serious and begin working with Joe Mains Financial Coaching - great coach, message me for a referral!
  • January 2019 had 23k in consumer debt
• FPU Coordinator 1.0 in Jan-March 2020 at Medina UCC
  • Coordinating a class seemed like the best accountability partner
  • Finally became debt free in June 2020
• FPU Coordinator 2.0 in Jan-March 2020 with a virtual class

“We buy things we don't need with money we don't have to impress people we don't like.”
― Dave Ramsey, The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness 

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