Lisa Sakai

My husband was a benefit of a lot of grants, and I think that's really important. But yeah, so I think we're still trying to figure out what we want our legacy to be. But I know for me, my major goal is for financial independence or financial freedom by a

My husband was a benefit of a lot of grants, and I think that's really important. But yeah, so I think we're still trying to figure out what we want our legacy to be. But I know for me, my major goal is for financial independence or financial freedom by a

That doesn't mean I'm going to stop working or doing what I'm doing, but I just want that ability to not have to have money be a controlling factor, but that we're controlling it. But I think we're still trying to figure out what we want our legacy to be. I know for me, for my husband, I don't ever want to leave him with anything to worry about. And I know for him, that's the same thing.

That doesn't mean I'm going to stop working or doing what I'm doing, but I just want that ability to not have to have money be a controlling factor, but that we're controlling it. But I think we're still trying to figure out what we want our legacy to be. I know for me, for my husband, I don't ever want to leave him with anything to worry about. And I know for him, that's the same thing.

We want to make sure everything's taken care of.

We want to make sure everything's taken care of.

The first one is to really think about your life mission. What are we trying to do? Are we trying to, like I said, are we trying to retire early? Are we trying to take as many vacations and have as much time with family as possible? Are we trying to just live a happy, healthy life, work till 65? We need to kind of know what we're trying to accomplish. It's really hard.

The first one is to really think about your life mission. What are we trying to do? Are we trying to, like I said, are we trying to retire early? Are we trying to take as many vacations and have as much time with family as possible? Are we trying to just live a happy, healthy life, work till 65? We need to kind of know what we're trying to accomplish. It's really hard.

Most of us are, and this is another one that you've probably heard a million times, we There's no journey, right? Because you don't know where you're going. We go through life just kind of not having a vision of what we want. So having a vision, even if it changes, let's say you get to 50 and you go, I'm good, actually, I don't want to retire. That's okay.

Most of us are, and this is another one that you've probably heard a million times, we There's no journey, right? Because you don't know where you're going. We go through life just kind of not having a vision of what we want. So having a vision, even if it changes, let's say you get to 50 and you go, I'm good, actually, I don't want to retire. That's okay.

But you have to have something we're going for in order to put some strategies in place so that you can kind of envision what your life will look like, right? So having a why of what you're trying to accomplish on your financial journey is really important.

But you have to have something we're going for in order to put some strategies in place so that you can kind of envision what your life will look like, right? So having a why of what you're trying to accomplish on your financial journey is really important.

The other thing I would say is to really start to look, make yourself accountable for your money, because nobody is going to do that for you, unfortunately. I can't look at your credit card every month and go, You didn't spend your money properly, like nobody's going to respond well.

The other thing I would say is to really start to look, make yourself accountable for your money, because nobody is going to do that for you, unfortunately. I can't look at your credit card every month and go, You didn't spend your money properly, like nobody's going to respond well.

But so unfortunately, when it comes to your spending and what you're spending your money on, you do have to make yourself accountable. So I always say the first little habit.

But so unfortunately, when it comes to your spending and what you're spending your money on, you do have to make yourself accountable. So I always say the first little habit.

that you should stack onto something else to borrow from James Clear, essentially is to find a time that you can just look at your credit card once a week, five minutes, maybe when you're drinking coffee on Thursday after a run or whatever it is that you're stacking that habit because you don't have to sit there and make yourself miserable at what you spent your money on.

that you should stack onto something else to borrow from James Clear, essentially is to find a time that you can just look at your credit card once a week, five minutes, maybe when you're drinking coffee on Thursday after a run or whatever it is that you're stacking that habit because you don't have to sit there and make yourself miserable at what you spent your money on.

Just making yourself aware of what you're spending your money on is life-changing.

Just making yourself aware of what you're spending your money on is life-changing.