Monday Motivation: Coming Back From The Brink

September 9, 2019 Financial Independence, Monday Motivation 0

Struggling with the Monday blues? Happens to the best of us. Monday Motivation is a series of stories and articles from around the world to inspire us and put a little spring in our collective step for the week ahead.

As you may know (hopefully not from personal experience) getting divorced is incredibly stressful. To make matters worse, a divorce can also set your financial independence journey back by a decade or more.

In addition to getting divorced, by the age of forty this US doctor made every mistake in the financial playbook.

He then made a fantastic recovery and reached financial independence in just seven years. It’s a long read but totally worth it.

Reaching Financial Independence After Making Every Possible Mistake

You can also read the original, longer version here.

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