In bullet points:

• Went looking for a 2 bedroom apartment to rent in 2007
• Got lost and ended up buying a $350,000 house on a whim 48 hours later, with no money down, or any idea of what was getting into
• Went online searching for a budget as didn’t have one…
• Came across the blogging world and fell in love with the transparency!
• Started my own personal finance blog (BudgetsAreSexy.com) to have fun and be held more accountable (I shared my monthly net worth reports for 10+ years!)
• It unexpectedly took off and started making money (20,000,000+ views)
• Became a full-time, self-employed, blogger ($1,000,000+ made since)
• Went on to build, sell, and manage a small empire of finance blogs
• Increased personal net worth from $50,000 to $1,000,000+
• Won 12 industry awards, including Blog of The Year and Lifetime Achievement
• Named a Top “Social Influencer” in personal finance & wealth
• Regularly featured in the media: Forbes, Inc Magazine, New York Times, LA Times, Kiplinger, Entrepreneur, Business Insider
• Became a Blogging Coach
• Became a Money Coach
• Became a Fintech Advisor and Judge (Digit.co / FinCon Fintech Competition)
• Have helped broker over 100 finance blogs, including all of my own
• Launched a year-long philanthropy project raising $90,000+ of cash and goods via micro-donations (all filmed a la Extreme Home Makeover!)
• Launched Rockstar Finance – a curation and community platform with 5,000,000+ views and dubbed a “go-to website for money advice”
• Launched a popular personal finance and blogging forum
• Launched the industry’s first searchable financial blog directory!
• Fundraised $20,000 through a community-driven micro-giving project
• Sold Rockstar Finance for (low) six figures to free up more room for FAMILY
• Sold Budgets Are Sexy for (med) six figures to free up more room for LIFE
• Built and launched a curation site for The Motley Fool: AllStarMoney.com
• Re-acquired Budgets Are Sexy and came out of retirement! (Lol…)
• Incredibly grateful for that random twist of fate 15 years ago 🙏

*Last updated: 7/24/2023
**For a list of my failures over the past 15 years, click here