Why I Chose Personal Finance Education?

Can you sit back and think of when you first started in your career why you chose it in the first place? Was it what you thought it'd be? If you could change something, what would it be? I began thinking about these questions and decided, why not write about it.

My career path changed in 2014 after learning about this thing called the rules of money. I didn't come from money. In fact, I had no money growing up. However, had my family been exposed to the simple concepts others know and how we can implement them to help us obtain financial confidence, we may have been in a more solid financial position.

This is when I made the decision to learn more and get involved to help those same families in our community. I found a company with a platform that would allow me to do just that and I've never looked back.

Helping protect our clients is what we do but why we do it is what's important.

1. I had a home valued at $276k when I purchased it in 2004. Sold it in 2013 for $126k. You can do the math on that.
2. My 457 with ICMA-RC (working for CTA) lost thousands when the market crashed in 2008.
3. Baby boomers (Born 1946-1964) have suffered through multiple recessions, losing money in real estate and retirement plans......some still working today.
4. College students are graduating in debt and without a job lined up.
5. Millenials are expected to be driving the economy but they are in debt. How's that supposed to work?
6. I'm tired of seeing hardworking Americans who are in such hardship and having to choose between paying for medication and paying a utility bill.

Hardcore reality. If the economy is going to get better, Americans must start making more money, stop losing money, and understand the rules of the money game. All of this hype that the economy is doing great is a fa?ade created by Wallstreet and the media to continue to get those who know no better (most people) to buy into it. I was one who knew no better and bought into it. I lost that game.

When I sat with my grandmother yesterday over coffee and crackers, I looked over on the dining room table and saw a stack of medical bills. You know what came to mind? Had I been in my line of work (personal finance education and entrepreneurship) a decade ago, I could've helped her be in a better position than she is today. My grandparents (paternal and maternal) were the ones who saved us at times from having much less than what we had and I couldn't even pay them back. I failed them.

But what I'm doing now to change that for my kids is what matters. As a momtrepreneur, the control is in my hands.

I'm on a mission to save peoples lives.  Who's with me?