283 | End of Year Wins | Part 3

<ul> <li>It's Part 3 of ChooseFI's end-of-year wins where we hear directly from our community members. During this live event, listeners shared the actions they've taken during the past year that have helped them to spend less, earn more, and enjoy the journey.</li> <li>This year, the year-end-win episode took place in a three hour live Facebook and YouTube event featuring around 20 members of the community.</li> <li>Are you building an amazing life or are you a cog stuck in a very depressing wheel? It could be either or it could be both. The community members featured in this end-of-year wins episode have had the wake-up call.</li> <li>We can't control everything, but there probably are some things we can control that we haven't yet considered. Hopefully, these wins from the community will provide inspiration and imagination to find improvement with at least one thing.</li> <li>Our first win comes from <strong>Sara</strong>, who teaches high school science. She began listening to the podcast in December of 2018 and after binge listening to half of the available episodes, she opened a Vanguard account with all of the money she had saved. This year, she put money into 457s, maxed out Roth accounts, and put some money in a 403b.</li> <li>And finally, <strong>Sara</strong> also just made her last mortgage payment, paying it off in just 11 years. With the mortgage paid off, <strong>Sara</strong> is now debt-free.</li> <li>A special shout out to <strong>MK</strong> who recently gave birth to a brand new tax-deduction, otherwise known as a baby girl. <strong>MK</strong> and her husband, Jason, hit FI in their late twenties, and in addition to working for ChooseFI, <strong>MK</strong> has written a handful of science fiction books and teaches others how to self-publish with her YouTube channel, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjvBO4kjuBSYe6Bi3RYQAQA" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Author Your Ambition</a>.</li> <li>The next end-of-year win comes from <strong>Whitney</strong> who fired her financial