Financial Independence with Sherry the SaverSpender

On board today is Sherry, better known as the SaverSpender from her instagram channel, and her blog savespendsplurge.com Sherry lives in Canada - the northern hemisphere's much colder version of Australia. Today we are talking aboot the reflections from Sherry's journey to financial Independence, and the powerful lessons she can pass on for us still working towards FI Sherry started her financial journey much like anyone else - graduating in 2006 at age 23 with enourmous amounts of student debt and into a less than satisfying working role. Working in Science Technology Engineering and Maths, Sherry realised if she quit her job and freelanced that she could make more money and pay her student loans off faster. in 2008 she did just that - pulling the pin on her traditional career, and trading off the stability for flexibility and higher pay. in doing so, she was able to quadrupel her income to $260,000 and become debt free by the end of the year in 2010 she hit the awesome milestone of a $100,000 net worth, and was hooked. She started side incomes and watched her Net Worth rapidly climb. eight years later in 2018, she became work optional and then in 2019, became a millionaire at the age of 36. All in all Sherry worked 13 years to become a millionaire, and now commands an impressive freelance income when she chooses to work. Sherry is an accomplished author and blogger, having published several books on finance, investing, web design and social media management, as well as running her successful website and instagram channels. Sherry lives in Montreal with her partner where they are raising their child together, and enjoying the benefits of an early 'work optional' or 'semi-retirement' lifestyle.