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Analysis Paralysis to $12M Portfolio

February 28, 2023

How did I go from analysis paralysis to millionaire mom in less than 4 years?!

Here’s my story.

It took me a while to figure out that I was lonely. I went from career oriented professional to stay at home mom overnight. Naturally, I started hanging out with other moms and felt so different than most of them. I was goal oriented and seeking purpose outside of my home and my family. These women simply didn’t want what I wanted and that made me feel guilty selfish and like a bad mom.

So, like so many women I started to fake the funk. I hid how unhappy I was. How frustrated, bored, and lonely. But the longing would not go away. I felt like I was wasting away.

Trying to play small. Trying to be a supporting role and not casting myself lead in my own life. I was determined to make a sacrifice while my kids were young. I wanted to want to stay home for a few years and focus on my family, but it was so hard for me! I was so unfulfilled. I was unhappy, miserable actually. I hated the mundane nature of our simple schedule. Every day seemed like the same thing over and over again. Groundhog Day. And I could not see ever getting out. Like so many women in my situation, I just pushed it away. I refuse to think about it or dwell on it


I drank a lot of wine, and I chose not to think about it. Even though I was surrounded by people all the time and hanging out with others stay at home moms constantly, I was so lonely.

I know I’m not alone on this. So many women feel this way, especially when their kids are young and they commit to saying home with them. If you’re feeling this way, I get it. I see you.

In the process of denying myself and my emotions, my heart literally broke. I started to feel heart palpitations and, I didn’t know it at the time, but I’m confident that my pain was manifesting itself physically. My heart would race for no reason. The pressure I felt in my chest was real.

This pain led to many months of doctor’s appointments: Cardiologists, Arrhythmia specialists, test after test. They diagnosed me with a heart condition that has two symptoms: syncope (fainting) and sudden death. My depression got so much worse. I can absolutely say that this was rock bottom for me. My mental health was already very poor and now I wondered if I would live to see the next day. I let myself wallow in this place for a long time, feeling sorry for myself, resenting everyone around me.

Looking back though, I know my heart was just broken period up until this point, I’d had a healthy heart and I was fulfilled. Denying myself for so long literally broke my heart. This was my wake up call. I hated myself. I was so sick of this version of me. Something had to change.

I had always wanted to invest in real estate, and I put myself on the sidelines for far too long. So I committed. I was ready to go all in. Except I didn’t even know what that meant. I didn’t know the steps. How to put one foot in front of the other in a productive way. I didn’t know the system or the process. But I went after it anyway.

I bought a single family home. Then, I did a flip and purchased a duplex using a self-directed IRA. I struggled my way through it. I built a system as I went, refining it each step of the way. Each time it got easier, and I honed my process. I can now say with confidence, after purchasing 93 doors, my system works. It’s efficient, effective, and refined.

You can learn it, too. To learn the system I’ve used to build a life-giving, cash flowing, wealth building portfolio, simply enroll in the investor course! 


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