Hi Amanda,

When I say “financially free by 30″ I don’t mean having enough money to stop working for the rest of my life. I think I would be way too bored if I just stopped working and I love what I do so it doesn’t really feel like work. I want to have enough money to not have to work but rather only work when I want to which may mean taking on a project or client for only up to 8 months per year and having the other 4 months to do other things like travel, volunteer, and work on developing educational and entrepreneurship projects in areas of Africa I’ve worked in. With the current plan I’m on, the mortgage will be paid off by the time I’m 30 and I’ll have invested and saved enough money to be comfortable enough to not work for long periods of time. I hope that makes sense!

I live by the quote “Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won’t, so you can spend the rest of your life like most people can’t.” My plan is to work really, really, really hard for the next 7 years to reach my financial goal

I’ll talk more about this in future posts I’m sure! Thanks Amanda!

Hi Natalie,

Just curious – when you say “financially free by the time you’re 30″, do you mean that by then, you’re planning on having enough money in the bank to stop working for the rest of your life? If so, wow!

Here is another interesting article from ForbesWomen that questions whether you need a financial advisor.

http://www.forbes.com/2009/05/22/wealth-management-accounts-forbes-woman-net-worth-financial-advisor.html