142: The Power of Saving Allowed Her to Quit Her Job and Take Her Side Hustle Full Time (Jamila Souffrant of Journey to Launch)

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🗓️ 17 April 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Today in the guest chair, we have Jamila Souffrant. Jamila is a Certified Financial Education Instructor (CFEI), podcaster, writer, and the founder of JourneytoLaunch.com where she shares her journey to reach Financial Independence while helping others do the same.

Jamila and her husband saved $169,000 in two years and are debt free besides their mortgage. She is also a mother of three small children and lives in NYC!

Her quitting her job to work for herself was made possible, not by monetizing her side hustle, but by SAVING.

On today’s episode, Jamila shares:

How she and her husband were able to save $169,000 in two years
Her approach to the financial independence (FI) movement
How she developed and stuck to a budget (without being super frugal)
How optimizing her finances helped her to take her leap into entrepreneurship
And more!

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0:00.0	Whatever you choose to do it's because you want to do it and you're not only doing it or the paycheck.
0:04.4	So when you have that option to me, you have you have reached a level of freedom and financial independence and that I think everyone should be like working towards.
0:19.5	You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow your Side Hustle from Passion Project to Profitable Business.
0:23.0	And I'm your host, Nakela Matthew Zocome.
0:26.0	So let's get started.
0:28.0	Hey hey guys, welcome, welcome back to the show.
0:32.0	Today in the guest chair we have
0:34.6	Jemila Sufrant. Jemila is a certified financial education instructor,
0:41.0	a podcaster of Journey to Launch Podcast, a writer, and the founder of Journey to Launch.com, where she shares
0:50.0	her journey to reaching financial independence while helping others to do the same.
0:56.0	Jemila is considered a go-to financial thought leader in the personal finance field and is the
1:02.0	resident financial expert on a weekly segment on News 12, the most watched
1:07.7	local TV news station in NYC. She's also been featured in Essence, Money Magazine,
1:13.7	CNBC, CBS, Business Insider, and more.
1:18.0	And here's what's most impressive to me about Jamila.
1:21.9	Jamila and her husband saved $169,000 in two years
1:27.5	and are completely debt-free besides their mortgage.
1:30.8	She is also a mother of three small children and lives in NYC.
1:35.0	Okay? One of the most expensive places ever and they still manage to save this much.
1:40.0	So this episode is going to be a little bit different than most. Yes,
1:45.8	Jamila is a side hustler turned full-time entrepreneur so she still meets that
1:50.8	criteria but her pathway to making that leap is a little bit different.
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