How to Become a Millionaire in One Year (Not Easy)
My crazy plan for 2022
Yesterday I was organizing my priorities into a list and had a crazy idea.
Let’s make a New Year’s resolution in August. Why wait? I want to dream big for 2022 right now.
Do you ever have days like that? Clearly, I do.
I came to the conclusion of what my resolution will be — to become a millionaire. Seriously.
Making that amount of money used to be a pipe dream for me. A fairy tale and nothing more. To paraphrase an old Chris Rock joke, the limit used to be the sky. Now, finally, the sky’s the limit.
Here’s my plan to become a millionaire starting August 4, 2021.
Existing Outside the Hierarchy
Before we get into any investing strategies let’s talk about how I made this mind shift — and how you’re going to do it too.
First, I quit my job.
I was working as a reporter for USA Today and realized my entire life was leading to unhappiness, unfulfillment, and ultimately, depression.
Now — am I saying to quit your 9 to 5 right now? No. If, however, you are working a job you hate with no escape plan then you are deliberately giving yourself a mental illness.
