This is my journey to apply the book, Unf*ck your finances. The book is about personal finances but I’ve added actions specific to working for myself.

If you want a bit more context, the prelude pieces are Hope can be scary, Why do we never talk about personal finance?, and Actually finishing a book: the application.

Today, I moved forward on the first few action items:

Here’s what I moved forward.

I transcribed these and added them to my keystone document. These one-off things can be super valuable. What’s amazing is that they end up tucked away and out of use because I don’t keep them somewhere that I see often. Not this time!

Ok here are the plans for July, August, and September (numbers redacted)

To pay off my credit card debt by end 2019, I will:

To set up a ready-for-anything fund (so that I’m never without options), I will:

To get the system set up and running smoothly, I will:

To make this happen, I need to hit my July revenue goal and keep outgoings below the defined threshold.

To pay off my credit card debt by end 2019, I will:

To get the ready-for-anything fund to where I want it to be (so that I’m never without options) by end April 2020, I will:

To make this happen, I need to hit my August revenue goal and keep outgoings below the defined threshold.

To pay off my credit card debt by end 2019, I will:

To get the ready-for-anything fund to where I want it to be (so that I’m never without options) by end April 2020, I will:

To make this happen, I need to hit my September revenue goal and keep outgoings below the defined threshold.

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