What do you do when your entire career plan falls apart.... and you're 26, jobless, and living back with your parents? This week’s Money Diary is the plot twist we didn’t see coming: our diarist went all in on her dream to join the Army as a psychologist, only to face a medical discharge that left her completely derailed. With no plan B, she found herself burned out, broke, and scrambling. But that’s not where her story ends. Fast forward: she’s in a meaningful career, investing like a pro, and just bought her first investment property with her boyfriend. We’re talking big glow-up energy, with money habits to match.

💸 What she learned from burning through $30k of savings
💸 How salary packaging gave her an extra $20k a year
💸 Why separate bank accounts changed everything
💸 The one money habit that turned it all around
💸 How she built a $70k share portfolio by age 26
💸 And the juicy details of her first investment property

It’s one of those episodes that’ll have you rethinking your money habits, rewriting your budget, and realising maybe plan A wasn’t the best plan after all.

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