Five years ago, if you asked me what financial empowerment meant, I would have said one thing: making more money.
I was a newly single mom with a 10 month old baby girl.
My life felt broken.
I had drained my savings trying to support someone with an addiction.
My credit was ruined.
I was in massive debt.
I was barely getting by.
Money was the most stressful thing in my life.. and that’s saying a lot.
I checked every item at the grocery store.
I worried about bills constantly.
One month, I had to ask my parents to help me pay rent.
I worried about bills constantly.
One month, I had to ask my parents to help me pay rent.
So of course, all I wanted was more money.
Back then, money felt hard.
Hard to earn.
Hard to keep.
Something you had to hustle for endlessly.
Something other people had, not me.
Hard to earn.
Hard to keep.
Something you had to hustle for endlessly.
Something other people had, not me.
But five years in, my definition of financial empowerment has completely changed.
It’s not just being debt-free.
It’s not buying whatever you want.
It’s not the number in your bank account.
It’s not buying whatever you want.
It’s not the number in your bank account.
Financial empowerment is knowing I’m in control of my decisions, without having to wait for money to catch up.
It’s choosing things that make my life easier, better, or more joyful.
It’s donating instead of selling.
It’s buying a coffee for someone else without stress.
It’s not panicking when an unexpected bill shows up.
It’s peace.
It’s donating instead of selling.
It’s buying a coffee for someone else without stress.
It’s not panicking when an unexpected bill shows up.
It’s peace.
One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is this:
the goal to “make more money” will never work on its own.
the goal to “make more money” will never work on its own.
Money isn’t the destination.
It’s the tool.
It’s the tool.
The real goal is the life you want to live.
Confidence.
Choice.
Freedom.
Doing things before you feel ready.
Getting comfortable being uncomfortable.
Choice.
Freedom.
Doing things before you feel ready.
Getting comfortable being uncomfortable.
When I focused only on money [the lack of it, the fear of not having enough] I stayed stuck there.
But when I started focusing on what I actually wanted my life to feel like, money became the bridge instead of the burden.
Today, financial empowerment looks like packing up our life and moving to another country without fear.
It looks like freedom of choice.
It looks like calm instead of constant stress.
It looks like freedom of choice.
It looks like calm instead of constant stress.
And it all started with a decision I made five years ago, when I had no idea what I was doing, no experience in business, no confidence, and no clear plan.
My story didn’t change overnight.
But my relationship with money did.
But my relationship with money did.
And that changed everything.
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