u/Double-Succotash2542

This is the first summer that I’ve been debt free with a fully funded emergency fund. Yesterday, I picked my 8 year old up from summer care and we went to the pool.

This summer I have not:

1. worried about paying for summer care
2. worried about the cost of packing lunches
3. worried about the extra cost of field trips
4. worried about paying for pool passes for us
5. worried about extra summer activities
6. worried about back to school shopping

This is the freedom and peace I was looking for. It was worth the sacrifices made the last two summers. As I watched my daughter go up and down the water slides again and again… I felt a smile on my face, clarity in my mind, and peace in my heart. I wasn’t anxious. I wasn’t worried. I was FREE!!!

Keep going, keep grinding, keep following your “why”… and if your “why” lets you, go down the water slides too… it’s fun! 🤩