A Note from Sadie...

How are you doing this week? No really, I want to know! Hit REPLY and tell me!

We are finally getting settled in after our move from Mexico. If I'm being 110% honest, I already regret leaving our nearly perfect, super relaxed, slow living lifestyle.

But, we have big goals and plans, so the States are just a small stop along the way. Gotta make sacrifices sometimes.

If I could snap my fingers and go back a few months to make different decisions, I probably would. Alas, here we are... going to make the best of it. :)

Something epic I read on reddit this week that aligns with PIPs:

The biggest risk to your future isn't your competition; it's the distractions you insist on keeping in your life rather than doing the things you know you should be doing but you aren't.

People delay doing things they don't like for longer than it takes to just do them.

Eliminate as much time as possible between thinking, "I should do this thing" and actually doing the thing.

This is how I get so much accomplished! I'm not super human, I just DO THE THING instead of THINKING ABOUT THE THING so much!

My new business, Spellbound Brewz, is something I've wanted to do for a while but couldn't because I was in Mexico. There was just too much friction when it came to ordering, shipping, etc.

Now that we are in Arizona (temporarily!), my family and I can build this business together - and hopefully sell it a few years down the road, or hire it out so we can continue growing it without having to stay in Arizona.

We have teas, coffees, and cocoas. In order to get the word out about it, we are offering free samples to the first 25 people to fill out this form.

Samples will go out in a few weeks (waiting on a few shipping supplies to arrive). If you're willing to give us reviews and a shout out, please fill the form out so we can send you some goodies.

My goal is to officially launch by September 10th, which is my youngest daughter's birthday. No, not Sapphire (she just turned 18 last week!)... the daughter I had from a surrogacy and haven't seen since she was born. She will be 16 this year. <3

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Spending and saving...

I like to include little personal details about financial stuff because I don't know about you, but I never had ANYONE around that taught me about finances. So having a glimpse into someone else's financial life is always helpful for me.

We earned a gazillion credit card points in August because we spent $10,000+ more than usual.

BIG yikes when I see all of that written out, but I now have enough points for two free round trip flights to Hawaii (or most other places in the US) so I guess it's not all bad.

Plus, I bought a house (yes, I have a mortgage now), car (saving tons of $$ by getting rid of our gas hog of a van), and a TON of supplies for Spellbound Brewz.

We planned this out and had money in the bank as a cushion, but still need to work hard to:

• rebuild our emergency savings (goal is 12 months worth of expenses but 6 months is more realistic right now)

• get aggressive with investing again (at $1K/mo right now but want to get up to $5K/mo)

• and pay off our house as quickly as we can.

Did you know that on our $2100 mortgage payment with a 6.5% interest rate, only $275 of that payment each month is going to the actual mortgage?

The rest are taxes, insurance, and fees. SHEESH.

We are making extra $275 payments (specifying to PRINCIPAL ONLY) as often as we can, because I'm not about to pay a million dollars for this lil' house we just bought lol.

Well, that's all for now! I have some more freebies I'll send you in the next email so keep an eye out. Oh, and I now have an email archive so you can check out past emails if you want. :)

Talk soon,

Sadie

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