Daryn Kagan

And I mean, I bought my first townhouse and I was, I was happy.

And then did sports for three years.

It kind of went up a little bit.

And then a new boss came in and offered to make me a news anchor.

So then I was making low six figures and that kind of just,

double, double that.

By the time I left CNN, I was making a half million dollars a year and single, no kids.

Yeah.

And so when I really started making the like six figures, I was connected, actually the same friends that eventually introduced me to my husband, introduced me to their financial advisor, a woman that completely rewired how my brain thought about money.

Cause I did not come from a healthy money environment.

My dad was a compulsive gambler and

we kind of just made it up as we went along.

Those parents started to kind of lean on me.

Yeah, it wasn't good.

But so through her, I sat down with her and she's go, this is what we're going to do.

We're basically going to save two thirds of what you make as a CNN anchor.

And she's like, I don't want to be punitive.

If we're saving too much and you're not doing the things you want to do, then, you know, we'll ease up on that, but let's try.

And so that's what we did.

So