Latest / Becoming Financially Confident / When You Finally See the Light: A Listener Win
Transcript
- 0:37Five
- 0:37years
- 0:38teaching,
- 0:38then
- 0:38nothing.
- 0:39Laid
- 0:40off
- 0:40tutoring
- 0:41for
- 0:41less
- 0:41than
- 0:42$1,000
- 0:43a
- 0:43month,
- 0:43your
- 0:43partner
- 0:44carrying
- 0:44the
- 0:44bills,
- 0:45you're
- 0:46back
- 0:46in
- 0:46grad
- 0:46school
- 0:46just
- 0:47hoping
- 0:47something,
- 0:48anything
- 0:48breaks
- 0:49open.
- 0:50Then
- 0:50it
- 0:50does.
- 0:51A
- 0:52job
- 0:52at
- 0:52your
- 0:52daughter's
- 0:53school,
- 0:53triple
- 0:54the
- 0:54income,
- 0:55zero
- 0:55childcare
- 0:56cost,
- 0:56and
- 0:57a
- 0:57schedule
- 0:57that
- 0:58finally
- 0:58fits
- 0:58your
- 0:58life
- 0:59overnight.
- 1:00Survival
- 1:01mode
- 1:01is
- 1:02over.
- 1:03Today
- 1:03we're
- 1:03celebrating
- 1:04a
- 1:04listener
- 1:04who
- 1:05made
- 1:05it
- 1:05through.
- 1:06And
- 1:06we're
- 1:06talking
- 1:06straight
- 1:07to
- 1:07everyone
- 1:08still
- 1:08in
- 1:08the
- 1:08thick
- 1:08of
- 1:08it,
- 1:09because
- 1:09if
- 1:09you're
- 1:10barely
- 1:10holding
- 1:10on
- 1:10right
- 1:11now,
- 1:11this
- 1:12show's
- 1:12for
- 1:12you.
- 1:22Hello
- 1:23and
- 1:23welcome
- 1:23to
- 1:23Financially
- 1:24Confident
- 1:24Christian.
- 1:25Now
- 1:25you
- 1:25can
- 1:26tell
- 1:26the
- 1:26tone
- 1:26of
- 1:26today
- 1:27is
- 1:27a
- 1:27bit
- 1:27different.
- 1:28Today
- 1:28we're
- 1:29not
- 1:29going
- 1:29to
- 1:29answer
- 1:29a
- 1:30question.
- 1:30We're
- 1:30celebrating
- 1:31a
- 1:31listener's
- 1:32win
- 1:33and
- 1:33we're
- 1:33going
- 1:33to
- 1:33unpack
- 1:34what
- 1:34she
- 1:34did
- 1:34right,
- 1:35so
- 1:35you
- 1:35can
- 1:35see
- 1:35the
- 1:36path
- 1:36forward
- 1:36in
- 1:36your
- 1:37own
- 1:37situation.
- 1:38So
- 1:38if
- 1:38you're
- 1:39stuck
- 1:39in
- 1:39survival
- 1:39mode,
- 1:40today's
- 1:41show
- 1:41is
- 1:41for
- 1:41you
- 1:42because
- 1:42I've
- 1:42got
- 1:42a
- 1:43listener
- 1:43that
- 1:43made
- 1:43it
- 1:44through
- 1:44and
- 1:44I
- 1:45want
- 1:45you
- 1:45to
- 1:45know
- 1:45how
- 1:45you
- 1:46did
- 1:46it.
- 1:46Let's
- 1:47get
- 1:47into
- 1:47her
- 1:47story.
- 1:48She
- 1:48wrote
- 1:49this.
- 1:49Hi,
- 1:49Ralph.
- 1:50I
- 1:50wanted
- 1:50to
- 1:50share
- 1:51a
- 1:51win
- 1:51because
- 1:51I've
- 1:51been
- 1:52listening
- 1:52to
- 1:52your
- 1:52podcast
- 1:53and
- 1:53it
- 1:54helped
- 1:54me
- 1:54get
- 1:54through
- 1:54a
- 1:54rough
- 1:55year.
- 1:56For
- 1:56five
- 1:56years,
- 1:57I
- 1:57was
- 1:57a
- 1:57full
- 1:57time
- 1:58teacher,
- 1:58but
- 1:59the
- 1:59child
- 1:59care
- 1:59costs
- 2:00basically
- 2:00kept
- 2:00me
- 2:01in
- 2:01poverty.
- 2:02My
- 2:02partner
- 2:02and
- 2:03I
- 2:03moved
- 2:03in
- 2:03together
- 2:04three
- 2:04years
- 2:04ago
- 2:05and
- 2:05I
- 2:05thought
- 2:05we
- 2:06were
- 2:06finally
- 2:06out
- 2:06of
- 2:07it.
- 2:07Then
- 2:08I
- 2:08got
- 2:08laid
- 2:08off
- 2:09and
- 2:09I
- 2:09couldn't
- 2:09find
- 2:10another
- 2:10teaching
- 2:10job.
- 2:11I'd
- 2:12been
- 2:12tutoring
- 2:12part
- 2:12time
- 2:13all
- 2:13year,
- 2:13making
- 2:13less
- 2:14than
- 2:14$1,000
- 2:15a
- 2:15month.
- 2:16My
- 2:16partner
- 2:17covered
- 2:17all
- 2:17of
- 2:17our
- 2:18expenses
- 2:18while
- 2:19I
- 2:19started
- 2:19grad
- 2:20school
- 2:21and
- 2:21it
- 2:21actually
- 2:21worked
- 2:22out.
- 2:22I
- 2:23just
- 2:23accepted
- 2:23a
- 2:24teaching
- 2:24position
- 2:24at
- 2:24my
- 2:25daughter's
- 2:25school.
- 2:26The
- 2:26schedule
- 2:27lets
- 2:27me
- 2:27drop
- 2:27her
- 2:27off
- 2:28and
- 2:28pick
- 2:28her
- 2:28up
- 2:28so
- 2:28I
- 2:28don't
- 2:29need
- 2:29childcare
- 2:29anymore.
- 2:30The
- 2:31salary
- 2:31is
- 2:32two
- 2:32and
- 2:32a
- 2:33half
- 2:33to
- 2:33three
- 2:33times
- 2:34what
- 2:34I
- 2:34was
- 2:34making
- 2:34as
- 2:34a
- 2:35tutor.
- 2:36Now,
- 2:36Ralph,
- 2:36this
- 2:37past
- 2:37year
- 2:37was
- 2:37brutal.
- 2:38I
- 2:38got
- 2:38behind
- 2:39on
- 2:39all
- 2:39my
- 2:39debts
- 2:40and
- 2:40I
- 2:40put
- 2:40a
- 2:40lot
- 2:40of
- 2:40things
- 2:41on
- 2:41credit
- 2:41cards
- 2:41just
- 2:42to
- 2:42survive.
- 2:43But
- 2:44now
- 2:44I
- 2:45can
- 2:45actually
- 2:45start
- 2:46paying
- 2:46things
- 2:46off.
- 2:48My
- 2:48car
- 2:48only
- 2:48has
- 2:48a
- 2:48few
- 2:49thousand
- 2:49left
- 2:49to
- 2:49pay.
- 2:50I'm
- 2:51not
- 2:51all
- 2:51the
- 2:51way
- 2:51out
- 2:51of
- 2:51the
- 2:52woods
- 2:52yet,
- 2:52but
- 2:52I'm
- 2:53finally
- 2:53not
- 2:53in
- 2:53survival
- 2:54mode.
- 2:55I
- 2:55wanted
- 2:55to
- 2:56say
- 2:56thanks
- 2:56for
- 2:56the
- 2:56work
- 2:57you
- 2:57do
- 2:57and
- 2:58to
- 2:58share
- 2:58this
- 2:58case
- 2:59if
- 2:59it
- 2:59helps
- 3:00anyone
- 3:00else
- 3:00who's
- 3:01stuck
- 3:01right
- 3:01now.
- 3:02Thank
- 3:02you
- 3:02so
- 3:02much.
- 3:03Well,
- 3:04thank
- 3:04you
- 3:04so
- 3:04much
- 3:04for
- 3:05sharing
- 3:06what
- 3:06happened
- 3:06to
- 3:06you.
- 3:07You
- 3:07know,
- 3:08if
- 3:08you
- 3:08listen
- 3:08to
- 3:08the
- 3:08show,
- 3:08we
- 3:09talk
- 3:09a
- 3:09lot
- 3:09about
- 3:09questions,
- 3:10but
- 3:10I
- 3:10don't
- 3:10often
- 3:10get
- 3:11those
- 3:11wins
- 3:12Those
- 3:12triumphs,
- 3:13those,
- 3:14those
- 3:14congratulatory
- 3:15things
- 3:16and
- 3:17the
- 3:17thing
- 3:17that
- 3:17I
- 3:17want
- 3:17to
- 3:17take
- 3:17away
- 3:18from
- 3:18this,
- 3:19and
- 3:19the
- 3:19listener
- 3:20really
- 3:20said
- 3:20it
- 3:21clearly,
- 3:22survival
- 3:23mode
- 3:23doesn't
- 3:23last
- 3:23forever.
- 3:25It
- 3:25just
- 3:25doesn't.
- 3:27And
- 3:27those
- 3:27breakthroughs
- 3:28that
- 3:28all
- 3:28of
- 3:29us
- 3:29are
- 3:29working
- 3:29towards,
- 3:30they
- 3:30come
- 3:30from
- 3:31decisions
- 3:31made
- 3:32months
- 3:32ago,
- 3:32maybe
- 3:33even
- 3:33years
- 3:33ago.
- 3:34They
- 3:35come
- 3:35from
- 3:35patience
- 3:36or
- 3:37they
- 3:37come
- 3:37from
- 3:37both
- 3:37of
- 3:37those
- 3:38things.
- 3:39Now,
- 3:39right
- 3:39now
- 3:40you
- 3:40might
- 3:40be
- 3:40saying,
- 3:40ralph,
- 3:40I'm
- 3:41still
- 3:41in
- 3:41the
- 3:41struggle.
- 3:42But
- 3:42let
- 3:42me
- 3:43just
- 3:43tell
- 3:43you,
- 3:43there
- 3:43is
- 3:43a
- 3:44path
- 3:44forward.
- 3:44And
- 3:44I
- 3:44want
- 3:45to
- 3:45break
- 3:45that
- 3:45down
- 3:45on
- 3:46today's
- 3:46show
- 3:46by
- 3:47talking
- 3:47about
- 3:47some
- 3:47reflections.
- 3:49Here's
- 3:49the
- 3:49first
- 3:50reflection.
- 3:51She
- 3:51solved
- 3:52the
- 3:52actual
- 3:52problem,
- 3:53not
- 3:54just
- 3:54the
- 3:54income
- 3:54problem.
- 3:56Why
- 3:56do
- 3:56I
- 3:57say
- 3:57that?
- 3:58She
- 3:58had
- 3:58worked
- 3:59five
- 3:59years
- 3:59as
- 3:59a
- 3:59full
- 4:00time
- 4:00teacher.
- 4:01She
- 4:01made
- 4:01decent
- 4:02money,
- 4:03but
- 4:03she
- 4:03was
- 4:03losing
- 4:04it
- 4:04to
- 4:04child
- 4:04care
- 4:04costs.
- 4:05Basically,
- 4:05she
- 4:06was
- 4:06paying
- 4:06out
- 4:07whatever
- 4:07she
- 4:07was
- 4:07making
- 4:08in
- 4:08child
- 4:09care
- 4:09costs.
- 4:11That's
- 4:11not
- 4:11a
- 4:11money
- 4:11problem,
- 4:12that's
- 4:13a
- 4:13math
- 4:13problem.
- 4:15When
- 4:15child
- 4:15care
- 4:15costs
- 4:16are
- 4:16about
- 4:16the
- 4:17same
- 4:17as
- 4:17your
- 4:17salary,
- 4:18you're
- 4:18basically
- 4:19paying
- 4:19someone
- 4:19else
- 4:20to
- 4:20work.
- 4:20I've
- 4:21had
- 4:21to
- 4:21say
- 4:21that
- 4:21to
- 4:22many
- 4:22clients
- 4:22over
- 4:22the
- 4:23years.
- 4:23Husband
- 4:24and
- 4:24wife
- 4:24come
- 4:24in
- 4:24and
- 4:25they
- 4:25say,
- 4:25oh,
- 4:25our
- 4:25child
- 4:25care.
- 4:26I
- 4:26can't
- 4:26believe
- 4:27what
- 4:27people
- 4:27pay
- 4:27for
- 4:28child
- 4:28care
- 4:28sometimes.
- 4:29And
- 4:29I've
- 4:29had
- 4:29to
- 4:30have
- 4:30that
- 4:30conversation
- 4:31with
- 4:31a
- 4:31partner
- 4:32and
- 4:32said,
- 4:32you
- 4:32know
- 4:32what,
- 4:33it
- 4:33doesn't
- 4:33really
- 4:34make
- 4:34a
- 4:34lot
- 4:34of
- 4:34sense
- 4:34for
- 4:34you
- 4:35to
- 4:35work
- 4:35now.
- 4:36It's
- 4:36not
- 4:36always
- 4:36just
- 4:36the
- 4:37salary.
- 4:37So
- 4:37I
- 4:37don't
- 4:38want
- 4:38to
- 4:38make
- 4:38this
- 4:38generalization.
- 4:40Sometimes
- 4:40it's
- 4:40benefits,
- 4:41sometimes
- 4:42it's
- 4:42other
- 4:42things.
- 4:42But
- 4:43really
- 4:43take
- 4:43a
- 4:44look.
- 4:45And
- 4:45what
- 4:45she
- 4:45says
- 4:46here
- 4:46is
- 4:46her
- 4:46and
- 4:46her
- 4:46partner
- 4:47moved
- 4:47in
- 4:47together.
- 4:48That
- 4:48wasn't
- 4:48casual.
- 4:49They
- 4:49restructured
- 4:50decisions
- 4:51so
- 4:51that
- 4:51the
- 4:51math
- 4:52could
- 4:52work.
- 4:53And
- 4:53then
- 4:53all
- 4:53of
- 4:53a
- 4:53sudden
- 4:53she
- 4:54was
- 4:54doing
- 4:54the
- 4:54right
- 4:54things
- 4:54and
- 4:55got
- 4:55laid
- 4:55off.
- 4:56But
- 4:57rather
- 4:57than
- 4:57chasing
- 4:58any
- 4:58teaching
- 4:59job,
- 4:59she
- 5:00looked
- 5:00for
- 5:00the
- 5:00one
- 5:00that
- 5:01actually
- 5:01solved
- 5:02her
- 5:02problem.
- 5:03And
- 5:03when
- 5:04she
- 5:04did
- 5:04that,
- 5:04she
- 5:04went
- 5:04to
- 5:05grad
- 5:05school.
- 5:05She
- 5:06found
- 5:06a
- 5:06position
- 5:06at
- 5:07her
- 5:07daughter's
- 5:07school.
- 5:07And
- 5:08I
- 5:08love
- 5:08about
- 5:08this
- 5:09part,
- 5:09the
- 5:10schedule
- 5:10lets
- 5:10her
- 5:10drop
- 5:11off
- 5:11and
- 5:11pick
- 5:11up
- 5:11her
- 5:12children,
- 5:12and
- 5:12there's
- 5:13no
- 5:13child
- 5:13care
- 5:13cost.
- 5:14And
- 5:14here's
- 5:15the
- 5:15best
- 5:15part.
- 5:15She's
- 5:16making
- 5:16three
- 5:16times
- 5:16what
- 5:17she
- 5:17would
- 5:17make
- 5:17tutoring.
- 5:18But
- 5:18that's
- 5:18not
- 5:18even
- 5:19the
- 5:19real
- 5:19win.
- 5:20The
- 5:20real
- 5:21win
- 5:21here
- 5:21is
- 5:21her
- 5:22salary
- 5:22isn't
- 5:23being
- 5:23eaten
- 5:23by
- 5:24someone
- 5:24else's
- 5:24salary
- 5:25anymore.
- 5:25She's
- 5:25not
- 5:26just
- 5:26paying
- 5:26money
- 5:27for
- 5:27childcare.
- 5:29She
- 5:29was
- 5:29able
- 5:29to
- 5:29fix
- 5:30the
- 5:30equation
- 5:31and
- 5:31now
- 5:31she
- 5:32can
- 5:32start
- 5:32to
- 5:32build
- 5:33instead
- 5:33of
- 5:33just
- 5:33surviving.
- 5:35You're
- 5:35going
- 5:36to
- 5:36hear
- 5:36this
- 5:36a
- 5:36lot
- 5:36moving
- 5:37forward.
- 5:37Money
- 5:38is
- 5:38emotional
- 5:39before
- 5:40it's
- 5:40mathematical.
- 5:42And
- 5:42that
- 5:42one
- 5:43why
- 5:43step
- 5:43she
- 5:44took
- 5:44beat
- 5:45weeks
- 5:45of
- 5:46other
- 5:46avoidance.
- 5:48Here's
- 5:48the
- 5:48second
- 5:49reflection.
- 5:50She
- 5:50didn't
- 5:50pretend
- 5:51survival
- 5:51mode
- 5:51wasn't
- 5:52real,
- 5:53and
- 5:53now
- 5:53she
- 5:54has
- 5:54a
- 5:54plan.
- 5:55When
- 5:55you're
- 5:56in
- 5:56survival
- 5:56mode,
- 5:57that's
- 5:57a
- 5:58real
- 5:58thing.
- 5:58It's
- 5:59a
- 5:59stressful
- 5:59thing.
- 6:00It
- 6:00will
- 6:01wear
- 6:01on
- 6:01you.
- 6:02Yeah.
- 6:03She
- 6:03was
- 6:03tutoring,
- 6:03making
- 6:04less
- 6:04than
- 6:04$1,000
- 6:05a
- 6:05month.
- 6:05She
- 6:06said
- 6:06it.
- 6:06My
- 6:06partner
- 6:07was
- 6:07carrying
- 6:07the
- 6:07household.
- 6:08That,
- 6:08my
- 6:09friends,
- 6:09is
- 6:09survival
- 6:10mode.
- 6:11See,
- 6:11some
- 6:12people
- 6:12pretend
- 6:12that's
- 6:13not
- 6:13happening.
- 6:13They
- 6:14try
- 6:14to
- 6:14make
- 6:14it
- 6:14look
- 6:14good
- 6:14on
- 6:15paper.
- 6:16She
- 6:16didn't.
- 6:17She
- 6:17was
- 6:17very
- 6:17clear
- 6:17about
- 6:18it.
- 6:18She
- 6:18said
- 6:18to
- 6:18me,
- 6:18I
- 6:19got
- 6:19behind
- 6:19on
- 6:19my
- 6:19debts,
- 6:20Ralph.
- 6:20I
- 6:21used
- 6:21credit
- 6:21cards.
- 6:22I
- 6:22went
- 6:23to
- 6:23grad
- 6:23school
- 6:24as
- 6:24an
- 6:24investment,
- 6:25and
- 6:25I
- 6:25let
- 6:26my
- 6:26partner
- 6:26carry
- 6:27more
- 6:27of
- 6:27it.
- 6:28Well,
- 6:29that's
- 6:29what
- 6:29humans
- 6:29do.
- 6:29In
- 6:30survival
- 6:30mode,
- 6:31she
- 6:32survived.
- 6:33She
- 6:33didn't
- 6:34shame
- 6:34herself
- 6:35for
- 6:35doing
- 6:35it.
- 6:36She
- 6:36took
- 6:36the
- 6:36courage
- 6:38not
- 6:38to
- 6:39shame
- 6:39of
- 6:39that.
- 6:41Now
- 6:41she's
- 6:41not
- 6:41starting
- 6:42her,
- 6:42she's
- 6:42paying
- 6:42off
- 6:43her
- 6:43car.
- 6:43She
- 6:43said
- 6:43it.
- 6:44I've
- 6:44only
- 6:44got
- 6:44$1,000
- 6:45left.
- 6:46And.
- 6:46And
- 6:46when
- 6:46she
- 6:46gets
- 6:46that
- 6:47paid
- 6:47off,
- 6:47she
- 6:47can
- 6:48start
- 6:48to
- 6:48redirect
- 6:48that
- 6:49money
- 6:49towards
- 6:50paying
- 6:50off
- 6:50the
- 6:50rest
- 6:50of
- 6:51that
- 6:51debt.
- 6:52Now,
- 6:52that
- 6:52might
- 6:52not
- 6:52sound
- 6:53exciting.
- 6:53You
- 6:54don't
- 6:54hear
- 6:54her
- 6:54saying,
- 6:54I'm
- 6:54going
- 6:55to
- 6:55go
- 6:55buy
- 6:55a
- 6:55new
- 6:55car.
- 6:55We're
- 6:56going
- 6:56to
- 6:56upsize
- 6:56our
- 6:56house.
- 6:57It's
- 6:58not
- 6:58some
- 6:58quick
- 6:58fix,
- 6:59but
- 7:00she's
- 7:00in
- 7:00a
- 7:00direction.
- 7:02She's
- 7:02breaking
- 7:03out
- 7:03of
- 7:03survival
- 7:04mode.
- 7:04She's
- 7:04going
- 7:04to
- 7:05get
- 7:05that
- 7:05debt
- 7:05paid
- 7:05off,
- 7:06and
- 7:06that's
- 7:06going
- 7:06to
- 7:07lead
- 7:07to
- 7:07progress.
- 7:09She's
- 7:09not
- 7:09living
- 7:10in
- 7:10shame
- 7:10of
- 7:10being
- 7:10in
- 7:11survival.
- 7:11She's
- 7:12living
- 7:12in
- 7:12truth
- 7:13and
- 7:13developing
- 7:14a
- 7:14plan.
- 7:15She's
- 7:15building
- 7:16a
- 7:16system
- 7:16that
- 7:17works
- 7:17when
- 7:17the
- 7:18willpower
- 7:18won't
- 7:19work.
- 7:20Here's
- 7:20the
- 7:20third
- 7:21reflection.
- 7:22If
- 7:22you're
- 7:22still
- 7:23in
- 7:23the
- 7:23struggle,
- 7:23you
- 7:24might
- 7:24be
- 7:24listening
- 7:24right
- 7:25now,
- 7:25and
- 7:26you're
- 7:26like,
- 7:26ralph,
- 7:26I'm
- 7:27still
- 7:27in
- 7:27the
- 7:27struggle.
- 7:27Hear
- 7:28what
- 7:28she
- 7:28said
- 7:28here.
- 7:29Her
- 7:29breakthrough
- 7:30took
- 7:30three,
- 7:31four,
- 7:31or
- 7:31five
- 7:32years.
- 7:33It
- 7:33didn't
- 7:33happen
- 7:33overnight.
- 7:34It
- 7:34wasn't
- 7:34like
- 7:35some
- 7:35boom
- 7:35magic.
- 7:36She
- 7:36started
- 7:37teaching,
- 7:37and
- 7:38then
- 7:38she
- 7:38lost
- 7:38her
- 7:38job.
- 7:39So
- 7:39she
- 7:39pivoted.
- 7:40She
- 7:40went
- 7:40to
- 7:40tutoring,
- 7:41she
- 7:41went
- 7:41to
- 7:42grad
- 7:42school.
- 7:43Her
- 7:43partner
- 7:44was
- 7:44covering
- 7:44her
- 7:44expenses.
- 7:45And
- 7:46then
- 7:46she
- 7:46found
- 7:47this
- 7:47new
- 7:47rule.
- 7:48It
- 7:49wasn't
- 7:49instant,
- 7:50but
- 7:51it
- 7:51was
- 7:51there.
- 7:52And
- 7:52she
- 7:53found
- 7:53it.
- 7:54So
- 7:54if
- 7:55you're
- 7:55in
- 7:55survival
- 7:55mode
- 7:56right
- 7:56now,
- 7:57hear
- 7:57me
- 7:57on
- 7:57this.
- 7:58You're
- 7:58not
- 7:58broken,
- 7:59you're
- 7:59not
- 8:00behind,
- 8:00you're
- 8:00not
- 8:01failing.
- 8:02You're
- 8:02human.
- 8:03You're
- 8:03facing
- 8:04a
- 8:04real
- 8:04situation.
- 8:06And
- 8:06unfortunately,
- 8:07sometimes
- 8:08real
- 8:08situations
- 8:09take
- 8:09time,
- 8:10and
- 8:11you
- 8:11got
- 8:11to
- 8:11have
- 8:11patience.
- 8:13But
- 8:13most
- 8:14of
- 8:14the
- 8:14Time,
- 8:14they
- 8:15don't
- 8:15last
- 8:15forever.
- 8:17And
- 8:17this
- 8:17listener
- 8:18just
- 8:18proves
- 8:18that
- 8:18to
- 8:19us.
- 8:20And
- 8:20I
- 8:20love
- 8:20about
- 8:21this,
- 8:21think
- 8:21about
- 8:21this.
- 8:22God
- 8:22can
- 8:22use
- 8:23even
- 8:23your
- 8:23mistakes
- 8:25to
- 8:26build
- 8:26your
- 8:26wisdom.
- 8:28And
- 8:28there's
- 8:28another
- 8:29part
- 8:29of
- 8:29the
- 8:29story
- 8:29I
- 8:29want
- 8:29to
- 8:30highlight.
- 8:31She
- 8:31didn't
- 8:31get
- 8:31the
- 8:32breakthrough
- 8:32all
- 8:32at
- 8:32once.
- 8:33She
- 8:34didn't
- 8:34say,
- 8:34well,
- 8:34this
- 8:34happened,
- 8:35this,
- 8:35and
- 8:35boom.
- 8:36No,
- 8:36that's
- 8:36not
- 8:36what
- 8:36she
- 8:36said.
- 8:37She
- 8:37made
- 8:37a
- 8:37decision
- 8:38to
- 8:38move
- 8:38in
- 8:38with
- 8:38her
- 8:38partner.
- 8:40She
- 8:40started
- 8:40grad
- 8:41school
- 8:41while
- 8:41barely
- 8:42surviving.
- 8:43What
- 8:43does
- 8:44she
- 8:44do?
- 8:44She
- 8:44kept
- 8:44showing
- 8:45up.
- 8:46She
- 8:46kept
- 8:46showing
- 8:47up
- 8:47even
- 8:47when
- 8:47work
- 8:48was
- 8:48tutoring,
- 8:49was
- 8:49making
- 8:49less
- 8:49than
- 8:49$1,000
- 8:50a
- 8:50month.
- 8:52And
- 8:52then
- 8:52one
- 8:52day,
- 8:53I
- 8:53don't
- 8:53say
- 8:53magically,
- 8:54maybe
- 8:54God
- 8:55put
- 8:55this
- 8:55in
- 8:55front
- 8:55of
- 8:55her,
- 8:56an
- 8:56opportunity
- 8:57opened
- 8:57up
- 8:57that
- 8:58fit
- 8:58everything
- 8:58she
- 8:59needed.
- 9:01That's
- 9:01not
- 9:01magic,
- 9:01my
- 9:02friend.
- 9:03That's
- 9:03faithfulness.
- 9:05And
- 9:06that's
- 9:06not
- 9:06the
- 9:06kind
- 9:06that
- 9:07makes
- 9:07everything
- 9:07easy,
- 9:08but
- 9:08it's
- 9:09the
- 9:09kind
- 9:09that
- 9:09keeps.
- 9:10When
- 9:10you
- 9:10keep
- 9:10showing
- 9:11up,
- 9:11when
- 9:11you
- 9:11keep
- 9:12looking,
- 9:12you
- 9:12keep
- 9:13hoping,
- 9:13even
- 9:14when
- 9:14progress
- 9:14feels
- 9:15slow.
- 9:17And
- 9:17my
- 9:17big
- 9:17takeaway
- 9:18from
- 9:18this
- 9:18is
- 9:18when
- 9:18you're
- 9:19faithful
- 9:19in
- 9:19those
- 9:19small
- 9:20moves,
- 9:21that
- 9:21big
- 9:22breakthrough
- 9:22doesn't
- 9:22feel
- 9:23like
- 9:23luck.
- 9:24It
- 9:25feels
- 9:25like
- 9:25something
- 9:25you
- 9:26were
- 9:26already
- 9:26building
- 9:26toward.
- 9:28And
- 9:28this
- 9:28listener
- 9:29is
- 9:29the
- 9:29definition
- 9:30of
- 9:30that.
- 9:30They
- 9:30were
- 9:31moving
- 9:31towards
- 9:31freedom
- 9:32the
- 9:32whole
- 9:32time.
- 9:33She
- 9:33just
- 9:34couldn't
- 9:34see
- 9:34the
- 9:34finish
- 9:35line.
- 9:36So
- 9:36if
- 9:36you're
- 9:37in
- 9:37your
- 9:37struggle
- 9:37right
- 9:38now,
- 9:39you
- 9:39might
- 9:39not
- 9:39see
- 9:39that
- 9:40finish
- 9:40line,
- 9:41but
- 9:41that
- 9:41finish
- 9:42line
- 9:42might
- 9:42be
- 9:42closer
- 9:43than
- 9:43you
- 9:43think.
- 9:44And
- 9:45the
- 9:45fact
- 9:45that
- 9:45you're
- 9:45still
- 9:46fighting,
- 9:47the
- 9:47fact
- 9:47you're
- 9:48still
- 9:48listening
- 9:48to
- 9:49this
- 9:49today,
- 9:50you're
- 9:50still
- 9:51moving
- 9:51towards
- 9:52something
- 9:52better.
- 9:54So
- 9:54here's
- 9:54your
- 9:54win
- 9:55for
- 9:55today.
- 9:56If
- 9:56right
- 9:57now
- 9:57you
- 9:57find
- 9:57yourself
- 9:58in
- 9:58survival
- 9:58mode,
- 9:59I
- 10:00want
- 10:00you
- 10:00to
- 10:00name
- 10:00just
- 10:01one
- 10:01thing
- 10:01you
- 10:01did
- 10:02right
- 10:02last
- 10:02month.
- 10:03Write
- 10:03it
- 10:04down.
- 10:04Just
- 10:04one
- 10:04decision,
- 10:05one
- 10:06boundary,
- 10:06one
- 10:07honest
- 10:07conversation,
- 10:08just
- 10:08one
- 10:09step
- 10:09forward.
- 10:09And
- 10:10write
- 10:10it
- 10:10down
- 10:11because
- 10:11you
- 10:12don't
- 10:12realize
- 10:12how
- 10:12those
- 10:13little
- 10:13steps,
- 10:14those
- 10:14little
- 10:15decisions
- 10:15you
- 10:15made
- 10:16will
- 10:17add
- 10:17up
- 10:17to
- 10:17that
- 10:18breakthrough.
- 10:18And
- 10:19that's
- 10:19what
- 10:19the
- 10:19listener
- 10:19found.
- 10:20How
- 10:20many
- 10:20small
- 10:21decisions
- 10:21that
- 10:22led
- 10:22to
- 10:22her
- 10:22breakthrough.
- 10:23That's
- 10:24how
- 10:24it
- 10:24works.
- 10:25You
- 10:25don't
- 10:26need
- 10:26to
- 10:26see
- 10:26the
- 10:26whole
- 10:27path.
- 10:28You
- 10:28just
- 10:28see
- 10:29the
- 10:29next
- 10:29step.
- 10:30So
- 10:31what's
- 10:31yours?
- 10:31That's
- 10:31what
- 10:32I'm
- 10:32going
- 10:32to
- 10:32encourage
- 10:32you
- 10:32today
- 10:32to
- 10:33do.
- 10:33What's
- 10:34your
- 10:34next
- 10:34step?
- 10:35Well,
- 10:35let's
- 10:36get
- 10:36to
- 10:36our
- 10:36Bible
- 10:36verse
- 10:37for
- 10:37today.
- 10:37It
- 10:37comes
- 10:38to
- 10:38us
- 10:38from
- 10:38Second
- 10:38Corinthians,
- 10:39chapter
- 10:404,
- 10:40verses
- 10:418
- 10:41and
- 10:419.
- 10:42It
- 10:42says,
- 10:42we
- 10:43are
- 10:43hard
- 10:43pressed
- 10:44on
- 10:44every
- 10:44side,
- 10:44but
- 10:45not
- 10:45crushed.
- 10:46Perplexed,
- 10:47but
- 10:48not
- 10:48in
- 10:48despair.
- 10:50Persecuted,
- 10:50but
- 10:50not
- 10:51abandoned,
- 10:52struck
- 10:53down,
- 10:54but
- 10:54not
- 10:54destroyed.
- 10:56This
- 10:56listener
- 10:57today
- 10:57was
- 10:57hard
- 10:57pressed.
- 10:58She
- 10:58was
- 10:59laid
- 10:59off
- 11:00underpaid
- 11:00in
- 11:01debt,
- 11:03but
- 11:04not
- 11:04crushed,
- 11:06not
- 11:06destroyed.
- 11:07She
- 11:08kept
- 11:08moving
- 11:08forward
- 11:09and
- 11:10the
- 11:10path
- 11:10opened.
- 11:12And
- 11:12that
- 11:12is
- 11:13what
- 11:13trusting
- 11:14through
- 11:14the
- 11:14struggle
- 11:15looks
- 11:15like.
- 11:16Trusting
- 11:16when
- 11:17you
- 11:17can't
- 11:17see
- 11:18the
- 11:19finish
- 11:19line,
- 11:20but
- 11:20trusting
- 11:21anyway.
- 11:22How
- 11:22about
- 11:22we
- 11:22pray
- 11:23together,
- 11:24Father?
- 11:24God,
- 11:24I'm
- 11:25lifting
- 11:25up
- 11:25everyone
- 11:25listening
- 11:26right
- 11:26now
- 11:26who's
- 11:27in
- 11:27survival
- 11:27mode.
- 11:29I
- 11:29just
- 11:29see
- 11:29that
- 11:30single
- 11:30parent
- 11:30working
- 11:31two
- 11:31jobs.
- 11:32I
- 11:32see
- 11:32that
- 11:33couple,
- 11:33that
- 11:33couple
- 11:34juggling
- 11:34childcare
- 11:35costs.
- 11:35It
- 11:35don't
- 11:36make
- 11:36sense.
- 11:37The
- 11:37person
- 11:38who
- 11:38just
- 11:38got
- 11:38laid
- 11:39off
- 11:39and
- 11:39doesn't
- 11:39know
- 11:39what's
- 11:40next,
- 11:41the
- 11:41person
- 11:42right
- 11:42now
- 11:42who's
- 11:42using
- 11:43credit
- 11:43cards
- 11:43to
- 11:43survive
- 11:44and
- 11:44now
- 11:44carries
- 11:45that
- 11:45weight,
- 11:47Lord,
- 11:47you
- 11:47know,
- 11:47they're
- 11:47not
- 11:48broken.
- 11:48They're
- 11:49still
- 11:49fighting,
- 11:50they're
- 11:50still
- 11:50surviving.
- 11:52And
- 11:52Lord,
- 11:52we
- 11:52know
- 11:53that
- 11:53survival
- 11:53takes
- 11:54strength.
- 11:55So
- 11:55Lord,
- 11:56today
- 11:56help
- 11:56them
- 11:56to
- 11:56see
- 11:57the
- 11:57small
- 11:57wins.
- 11:58Help
- 11:59them
- 11:59to
- 11:59make
- 11:59decisions
- 12:00that
- 12:00move
- 12:00towards
- 12:01freedom,
- 12:01not
- 12:02just
- 12:02temporary
- 12:02relief.
- 12:04And
- 12:04help
- 12:04them
- 12:05to
- 12:05find
- 12:05courage
- 12:05to
- 12:06ask
- 12:06for
- 12:06help
- 12:06when
- 12:06they
- 12:07need
- 12:07it.
- 12:08And
- 12:08Lord,
- 12:09if
- 12:09their
- 12:09breakthrough
- 12:10comes
- 12:10suddenly
- 12:11like
- 12:11that
- 12:11listeners
- 12:12did
- 12:12today,
- 12:12help
- 12:13them
- 12:13remember
- 12:13it
- 12:14didn't
- 12:14come
- 12:14out
- 12:14of
- 12:14nowhere,
- 12:15Lord.
- 12:16It
- 12:16came
- 12:16from
- 12:17faithfulness
- 12:17in
- 12:18the
- 12:18small
- 12:18things.
- 12:18And
- 12:18you've
- 12:19said
- 12:19it
- 12:19in
- 12:19your
- 12:19word
- 12:19that
- 12:20if
- 12:20we
- 12:20are
- 12:20faithful
- 12:21in
- 12:21small
- 12:21things,
- 12:22we
- 12:22will
- 12:23see
- 12:23big
- 12:23things,
- 12:23Lord,
- 12:24and
- 12:24we
- 12:24just
- 12:24ask
- 12:24this
- 12:25in
- 12:25Jesus
- 12:26name.
- 12:27Amen,
- 12:29friend.
- 12:29If
- 12:29you've
- 12:30got
- 12:30a
- 12:30story
- 12:30like
- 12:30this
- 12:30one,
- 12:31I'd
- 12:31love
- 12:31to
- 12:31hear
- 12:31it.
- 12:32This
- 12:32story
- 12:32just
- 12:33drove
- 12:33me
- 12:33today.
- 12:35It's
- 12:35not
- 12:35about
- 12:35validation
- 12:36for
- 12:36me,
- 12:37but
- 12:37your
- 12:37win
- 12:38might
- 12:38be
- 12:38exactly
- 12:39what
- 12:39someone
- 12:39else
- 12:40needs
- 12:40to
- 12:40hear.
- 12:41Someone
- 12:42listening
- 12:42right
- 12:42now
- 12:43is
- 12:43where
- 12:43you
- 12:44were
- 12:44a
- 12:44year
- 12:44ago
- 12:45or
- 12:45two
- 12:45years
- 12:46ago
- 12:46and
- 12:46they
- 12:47need
- 12:47to
- 12:47know
- 12:47the
- 12:48path
- 12:48is
- 12:48possible.
- 12:50So
- 12:50do
- 12:50me
- 12:50a
- 12:50favor
- 12:51and
- 12:51email
- 12:51your
- 12:51story
- 12:52to
- 12:52me.
- 12:52You
- 12:53can
- 12:53go
- 12:53to
- 12:53financiallyconfidentchristian.com
- 12:56question.
- 12:57But
- 12:57even
- 12:57better
- 12:58than
- 12:58that,
- 12:58I
- 12:58want
- 12:58to
- 12:58encourage
- 12:59you
- 12:59today
- 13:00if
- 13:00you've
- 13:00never
- 13:01done
- 13:01this,
- 13:01go
- 13:02to
- 13:02and
- 13:02leave
- 13:02me
- 13:02a
- 13:03voicemail
- 13:03about
- 13:03your
- 13:03story.
- 13:04Tell
- 13:04me
- 13:04what's
- 13:04going
- 13:04on.
- 13:05It
- 13:05doesn't
- 13:05have
- 13:05to
- 13:06be
- 13:06a
- 13:06question.
- 13:06It
- 13:07could
- 13:07be
- 13:07a
- 13:07win.
- 13:07You
- 13:08had
- 13:08some
- 13:08triumph
- 13:09you
- 13:09had
- 13:09in
- 13:09your
- 13:09life.
- 13:10I
- 13:10want
- 13:10to
- 13:10play
- 13:10those
- 13:11on
- 13:11this
- 13:11show.
- 13:11Maybe
- 13:11we'll
- 13:12put
- 13:12together
- 13:12a
- 13:12whole
- 13:12show
- 13:12of
- 13:13just
- 13:13wins.
- 13:14You
- 13:14can
- 13:15go
- 13:15to
- 13:15financiallyconfidentchristian.com/voicemail.
- 13:19We'll
- 13:19put
- 13:19a
- 13:19link
- 13:19in
- 13:19the
- 13:20show
- 13:20notes
- 13:20to
- 13:20that,
- 13:20but
- 13:20again,
- 13:21it's
- 13:21financiallyconfidentchristian.com/voicemail.
- 13:26Share
- 13:26your
- 13:26wins.
- 13:28And
- 13:28to
- 13:28today's
- 13:28listener,
- 13:29I
- 13:29just
- 13:29want
- 13:29to
- 13:29thank
- 13:29you
- 13:30so
- 13:30much
- 13:30for
- 13:30sharing
- 13:31and
- 13:31thank
- 13:31you
- 13:31for
- 13:32reminding
- 13:32us
- 13:32that
- 13:33the
- 13:33struggle
- 13:33is
- 13:34temporary
- 13:35and
- 13:35the
- 13:35breakthrough
- 13:36is
- 13:36real.
- 13:37And
- 13:37right
- 13:38now,
- 13:38if
- 13:38you're
- 13:38in
- 13:38that
- 13:39struggle,
- 13:40don't
- 13:40lose
- 13:40hope,
- 13:40my
- 13:41friend.
- 13:41Keep
- 13:42moving.
- 13:43The
- 13:43next
- 13:43season
- 13:43is
- 13:44coming,
- 13:45and
- 13:45I
- 13:45just
- 13:45want
- 13:45to
- 13:45encourage
- 13:46all
- 13:46of
- 13:46us
- 13:46to
- 13:46stay
- 13:47financially
- 13:47savvy.
- 13:48May
- 13:48God
- 13:49bless
- 13:49you,
- 13:50and
- 13:50you
- 13:50have
- 13:50a
- 13:50truly
- 13:51blessed
- 13:51day
- 13:51today.