2757: Becoming a Millionaire Is a Letdown by Chris Reining on Personal Finance Goals & Financial Freedom

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🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 2757: Chris Reining explores the surprisingly anticlimactic reality of becoming a millionaire and the profound life lessons learned along the way. Through personal anecdotes and financial insights, he uncovers the true value of financial freedom - less about the money and more about the autonomy to live life on one's terms. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://chrisreining.com/becoming-a-millionaire/ Quotes to ponder: "You might think when your account rolls over to seven digits that fireworks light up the sky. I can tell you that doesn't happen." "The financial milestone that really mattered to me was making my first $1,000 from investing." "Money is infinite. But time is finite." Episode references: FIRECalc: https://www.firecalc.com/ Death Calculator: https://www.ssa.gov/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:44.0	Becoming a Millionaire is a letdown by Chris Reining of Chris Reining.
0:49.6	And I'm your host and personal finance enthusiast, Diana Merriam.
0:54.2	Now let's get right to today's post and start optimizing your life.
0:58.6	Becoming a millionaire is a letdown by Chris Reining of Chris Reining.com
1:08.0	One Thursday night I logged into my brokerage account and saw an extra digit I'd never seen before.
1:15.0	1,04,845.
1:19.0	When I was in my early 20s, I didn't think becoming a millionaire at 35 was even possible. Back then I didn't have much money. But the little extra that I did have I saved and invested.
1:31.0	So this is proof of what can happen when you do that. You might think
1:35.8	when your account rolls over to seven digits that fireworks light up the sky, confetti
1:41.4	falls, and the champagne starts flowing. the I was making my first
1:55.0	the financial milestone that really mattered to me was making my first
1:58.0	thousand dollars from investing. That meant investing could make me
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