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Journey To Launch

030- Timika's Journey To Financial Independence & Earning 6 Figures in Her Side Hustle

Journey To Launch

Jamila Souffrant

Finances, Business, Realestateinvesting, Entrepreneurship, Earlyretirement, Investing, Budgeting, Wealth

5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

If you’re someone looking for ways to increase your income so that you can reach your financial goals, starting your own business has probably has crossed your mind once or twice. Not only will a business become an asset but it can become an integral step in helping you reach Financial Independence.

Timika Downes talks about her journey to starting a lice clinic as a side hustle in addition to working her full-time job as a nurse. Now, her lice clinic makes 6 figures a year and has afforded her a life of options and more freedom. This is an inspiring interview for anyone who wants to increase their income and start a side hustle.

Here are the main topics we cover in this episode:

  • Timika’s background
    • Her job
    • How she grew up frugal
    • The importance of saving
  • Her lightbulb moment
    • The methods she used to pay off debt quickly
    • How she became intentional about paying off debt
  • Her next step towards FI
    • Her mission to save as much as possible
    • How she decided what she wanted from life
    • Why FI is about having options
  • Her business
    • Her path to different businesses
    • How she started her lice clinic
    • How she built a business within her means
    • The importance of validating a business idea

Plus we talk about so much more!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to episode 30 of the Journey to Launch Podcast, how one woman's side hustle

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is earning her six figures.

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T-minous 10 seconds.

0:11.4

Welcome to the Journey to Launch Podcast with your host

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Jamila Sufrant as a money expert who walks her talk.

0:18.7

She helps brave journeyers like you get out of debt, save, invest, and build real well.

0:25.0

Join her on the journey to launch to financial freedom in

0:29.0

five, four, three, 2, 1.

0:39.0

Hey, hey everyone,

0:40.0

welcome back to another episode of the Journey to

0:43.4

launch podcast if you're a new listener hello if you're returning hey what's up

0:49.7

thank you so much for joining me for another great episode.

0:53.2

I'm really excited about this one because I know that we all love hearing from the experts,

0:58.4

from the people who can really, really use their expert opinion and teach us and I love that sort of

1:05.6

content but what I really really love is just stories from everyday people like

1:10.9

you and me people who are on the journey to reach financial

1:14.4

independence because listen it's great to hear from the experts right we learn so

1:18.7

much from them but it's even greater to hear from people who are like you and

1:22.2

me because you see that it's possible even greater to hear from people who are like you and me

1:22.9

because you see that it's possible.

1:25.4

You see how everyday people are making it happen,

1:28.7

are changing their finances, optimizing their finances

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