They say every journey begins with a single step. Well this one also began with just $1. Actually $5 whole dollars!

It’s like one of my favorite comedians said (Martin Lawrence for those folks wondering), “I got a dollar and a dream to make myself some cream.”

The first thing I needed was a J-O-B! After, I found one with a good match, I picked the ultimate goal of a one million dollar net worth.

However, its a marathon and not a sprint. I’m doing the long-play of investing my money over time. Money not quickly acquired tends not to be easily lost.

I’m going to take you from my early days growing up with my siblings in a two-bedroom apartment to buying a condo with the Roth IRA!

I started off as a telephone operator and waitress making $2.38 plus tips as a teen to getting a job at one of the most prestigious and richest universities in the world.

I’ve gone from wearing holes in my shoes to staying at the Ritz Carlton and shopping at Prada (however, I did not but that $1,000 cashmere scarf!).

I went from reading about blogs, to writing my own and riding shotgun to dinner with none other than JD Roth of Get Rich Slowly. Sound interesting. Do you want to know more? You just have to keep on reading or listening to my videos on Tiktok to find out.

My earliest memories with money was watching my father go to the local liquor store to cash his paycheck. He would always give me a few dollars to buy some snacks.

I thought money is wonderful. It allows you to buy things.

That was my first taste of sweet, sweet freedom. The freedom to buy the things you want. I learned how to save to buy the things I wanted, but I needed to learn how to earn money.

I got my first real job as a teenager making $10 bucks an hour as a telephone operator. However, I would not learn about investing until I was in my 20’s.