I Make $200,000 and Have Nothing To Show For It

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🗓️ 21 April 2025

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0:00.0	Brought to you by the Every Dollar App. Start budgeting for free today.
0:06.0	I've been making some pretty good money working up here. I work as a heavy-duty mechanic,
0:11.0	and last year I made just shy of $200,000 a year. And I'm debt-free, but I don't have any sort of a financial plan.
0:19.0	And I feel like I make too much money to not have some sort of a plan.
0:23.9	And I don't want to feel like a fool who squanders a fortune.
0:27.9	Good for you.
0:29.4	Very wise.
0:30.5	How old are you?
0:32.3	I'm 25 years old.
0:33.7	Some of the guys you work with have never even had the thought that you've had.
0:37.0	They spend their whole life working their butts off and thank God it's Friday
0:40.1	old God it's Monday and got nothing to show for it.
0:41.9	So you're very wise.
0:43.1	You got a huge head start at 25.
0:44.8	Congratulations.
0:46.0	Just asking the question puts you in the top 5% dude.
0:50.0	So.
0:50.3	Yeah, that's kind of why I'm trying to ask the question because I said a pretty high standard for myself.
0:55.2	No, it's not that high, but it's...
0:57.0	I mean, but you're way ahead of the game.
1:01.6	You're way ahead of the game.
1:02.6	So, you know, what you're finding is this, and the way you pose the questions very wise.
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