{"id":18063,"date":"2024-09-20T08:58:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T08:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=18063"},"modified":"2024-09-20T08:58:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T08:58:13","slug":"from-broke-to-back-in-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=18063","title":{"rendered":"From Broke to Back in Business."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>FROM ROCK BOTTOM TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM, In my early 20s, life seemed like it was on track. I was working in the financial industry, making good money\u2014really good money. Things were going well, or so I thought. Then, I met a girl. We clicked, moved in together, and I poured everything into the relationship. I spent money on whatever she wanted\u2014train tickets, airplane tickets, anything to make her happy&#8230;&#8230;.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-878-668x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-878-668x1024.png 668w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-878-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-878.png 706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In my early 20s, life seemed like it was on track. I was working in the financial industry, making good money\u2014really good money. Things were going well, or so I thought. Then, I met a girl. We clicked, moved in together, and I poured everything into the relationship. I spent money on whatever she wanted\u2014train tickets, airplane tickets, anything to make her happy. What I didn\u2019t know was that she was silently accumulating debt\u2014a lot of it. By the time we broke up, I realized the mess I was in. I thought I could save her, and in the process, I paid off the debt collectors. When it was all over, I looked at my bank account for the 15th time, and it was in the red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-879.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-879.png 1024w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-879-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-879-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-879-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the breakup, my finances were a wreck. I could withdraw money up to minus $1,000, so I scraped together a few hundred bucks just to keep going. All the debt was cleared, but my head wasn\u2019t in the right place. I wasn\u2019t focused on work, and I needed a reset. So, I took off and started traveling, trying to find some peace. It was during this time that I met my wife. Things began to shift. My dad stepped in, giving me just enough money to survive until I got back on my feet. I returned to London, landed a new job, and started trading again. The signing bonus alone put me back into a comfortable spot. Within a year, I went from being dead broke to back in business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-880.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-880.png 1024w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-880-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-880-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image-880-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That year taught me one of the most valuable lessons I could ever learn. No matter how much you earn, if you\u2019re dating someone who has no regard for money, it can all disappear faster than you can imagine. It took hitting rock bottom to realize that you need to protect your finances, no matter how much you think you&#8217;re in love. Now, I\u2019m back on solid ground and wiser for it, knowing that financial stability isn\u2019t just about how much you make\u2014it\u2019s about how much you keep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/the-skys-the-limit\/\" title=\"\">also read&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FROM ROCK BOTTOM TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM, In my early 20s, life seemed like it was on track. 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