Day: September 5, 2011

Day 8 | $0 paid | $90,717 till freedom Knowing what I know now, I would do things a lot differently if I could go back in time to graduation day. I’d live like a pauper, beginning on Day One. Super cheap used car (like, $5k max), a rented room, $100 monthly entertainment budget, extra job. No…

Day 8 | $0 paid | $90,717 till freedom Why I’m not consulting on the side to make extra money Yawn! If I wanted to do consulting, I would’ve interviewed with McKinsey, BCG, or Bain for a full-time position. I work a desk job fifty hours a week–I don’t want to work a desk-job on the…

Day 8 | $0 paid | $90,717 till freedom Why am I willing to make sacrifices to cut my costs and increase revenue to be student loan-free in 10 months? To Have Freedom I want to achieve my dream. My long-term goal has always been to own my own business, and that’s what I told the admissions counselor…

Day 8 | $0 paid | $90,717 till freedom I bought a new Trek FX 7.2 from Bicycle Sport Shop on Lamar and am one very significant step closer to being a pedi-cab driver. It cost $519 excluding tax, and I saved $30–it was originally $549–by going with last year’s model which Trek left basically unchanged for 2012.…