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Haley & Justin Brown-Woods
@priceofavocadotoast

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We moved! In 2021, we sold our house and relocated because we couldn’t afford the HCOL in the Bay Area anymore with our growing family. Justin’s take home pay at the time was $2,400/mo and our mortgage was $2,200. Slap two young kids in childcare for $2,400 into the mix and it wasn’t feasible. We said we’d try a new place and if we didn’t like it, we could always move back. But the thing is… I didn’t see a world where we’d be able to afford living in Sonoma County ever again. When we moved, I decided I wasn’t returning to teaching and it was time I began my financial coaching business that I’d been thinking about for months. We said we’d try it for a year and then reevaluate. Fast forward two years: Justin has since left teaching and has joined my financial coaching business full time. Yesterday, we moved back to the county that pushed us out two years ago because it was too expensive. But this time, 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞. And plot twist: neither of us are teachers. Financial freedom = the ability to make choices with your money 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐎𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒. This move, this moment, and this choice are everything we worked so hard for over the past few years. From paying off over six figures of debt to starting a business and making the difficult choice to sell our home and move. We couldn’t see this life back then, but now that we are here, this is it. This is what financial freedom was all along. 𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭. #moved #moving #lifeupdate #financialempowerment #financialfreedom #wedidit #financialgoals #highcostofliving #hcol #personalfinance #debtfreecommunity #dfc #ogdfc #debtfreejourney #debtfreegoals #mywhy #sonomacounty #bayarea #northbay