11/30/2024
Who here appreciates the guardrails of life?
I haven’t always, but I sure do now.
Example…
This past weekend, somehow my wife stumbled across a red Toyota Supra online.
Here’s how the conversation went:
Michelle: This one’s pretty nice, I like it in red.
Me: What, a Toyota Supra?
Michelle: Yeah, I guess so.
Me: Wait, you like the Supra? You always say the yellow one in town looks stupid!
Michelle: Well I think the red one looks nice.
Me: So you’d be good with me getting a red one?
Michelle: Sure, when we get to a point where we can afford it.
And this is precisely the moment where, unbeknownst to her, my brain was trying to figure out how to afford one RIGHT NOW.
I’m really good at finding a way to make something happen when I’m dead set on making it happen.
It’s one of my toxic traits.
Which is why I don’t just require, I now genuinely need and appreciate the guardrails of life.
In this situation, the self-imposed guardrail of living life the Ramsey Solutions baby steps way kept me from blowing up my personal finances AND introducing a martial challenge.
This financial guardrail forces me to:
- Say no to consumer debt
- Have (and stick to) an every dollar budget
- Live like no one else, so later we can live (and give) like no one else
Living this way means NOT taking on a loan for a Toyota Supra, and instead waiting for a future date when I can buy a Toyota Supra outright.
And knowing me when that time comes, I’ll be interested in a completely different car.
Guardrails do not limit our freedom (as some have been convinced to believe).
They PROVIDE freedom to live life in a manner that sets us up for the best life possible.
Disregarding guardrails will send your careening off the cliffs of life.
(At which I’m an expert at)
Respecting guardrails will keep you pointed in the direction, the direction that gets you to your desired destination.
So here’s the question: do you consistently disregard your own financial guardrails?
If so, DM me today so we can talk about how I can help you find financial freedom by way of deliberate financial guardrails.
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