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I Lived On Almost Nothing
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- Because if I had to make money the next month, I would never have been able to quit my job.
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0:00I lived on I think $1,200 a month at the time. I only bought food at Costco. I meal prepped all of my food. I never ate out. I didn't go out. I didn't buy new clothes. I paid for gas in my car. I remember going to a gym and they said the membership was $29 a month and I was like, "a month? Like are you guys crazy?" I basically spent no money and saved everything I had. With that money, I was able to then say, "you know what? I have the cash to quit my job and actually go all in on this thing."
0:25Because if I had to make money the next month, I would never have been able to quit my job. But I knew that I had two to three years of runway that I had bought myself through saving so that I could basically give myself more shots on goal.