Lately I’ve been hearing people say, “I don’t think the economy will ever go back to the way it was before the crash,” and “We need to talk about a ‘new economy’ rather than an economic recovery.” Well, I’m no economist and I am certainly no politician, but I do consider myself to be quite informed on the subject of money.
For example, I know exactly what it feels like to have to pull your kid out of a private school that he loves and put him into a public school that he hates. I know what it feels like to not have the money to throw your children the kind of birthday party they are used to having – not even a cake, never mind any presents. I am quite familiar with that churning feeling in the stomach when you nervously check your bank balance only to confirm your worst fears – yes you ARE overdrawn and yes they DID help themselves to $180 in overdraft fees that you obviously couldn’t afford. And I am very familiar with being a one-car, five-person family.
I’m not telling you this so you’ll feel sorry for us – hey – the bad days are over for us (touch wood). I’m saying this because so many people are really suffering financially right now, and doing what I call ‘clinging and swinging’ – clinging to false hopes that ‘things will get back to normal soon’ and swinging from bits and pieces of income to more bits and pieces of income – hopefully.
We decided early on to be very proactive. After we lost everything to the property crash (no – we were not THAT proactive, unfortunately) we decided it might be time to completely change our lives. Get back to basics, pare things down, slash the overhead, simplify and focus on what was really important – our family and our future.
After some research, and watching our marketing business contract instead of expand like it should have done, we decided it was time to take matters into our own hands and build our OWN retirement income, because no one else was going to do it for us.
The criteria for our financial exit strategy were:
We chose Send Out Cards. Who’s going to regulate greeting cards? Who doesn’t love sending cards and gifts? It’s something we all have to do. The compensation plan is great and the time factor for building wealth is actually real.
Now, 21 months later, our part-time efforts are paying off and we are right on track with our plan. We are happy. We want you to be happy too.
Call or email us and we’ll answer any questions you may have.
