058- How To Live a Luxurious Life Without Sacrificing Your Financial Goals w/ Luxe Strategist

<p>Being on the journey to Financial Independence doesn’t always mean that you have to sacrifice the finer things in life. The Luxe Strategist, a personal finance blogger, is a 30-something New Yorker that saves half of her income and still enjoys the comfort of luxury items and deluxe travel.</p> <p>Growing up as the child of low-income refugees, The Luxe Strategist knew struggle and hardship all too well. As an adult, she made the decision to paint her own picture of what it means to be financially savvy and successful. Today, The Luxe Strategist proudly boasts hefty savings, trips to places like Paris and Hawaii, sporting $400 sneakers, and she shares every bit of her personal finance journey on her blog, The Luxe Strategist.</p> <p class="p1">In this episode we discuss:</p> <ul> <li>What motivated her personal finance journey.</li> <li>Her love for and "luxury"/nice things?</li> <li>Having nice things and still being financially responsible</li> <li>How to evaluate making luxury purchases</li> <li>What puts her in the position to be able to make luxury purchases</li> <li>How The Luxe Strategist resells clothes for extra income and how you can get started.</li> <li>How she saved half of her income on less than 6-figures</li> <li>How to find the threshold for saving as much as you can until it hurts (using paycheckcity and other methods)</li> <li>How The Luxe Strategist saves money in an HCOL</li> <li>Whether or not FI is a goal for her</li> </ul> <p><strong>Check out the sponsor for this episode, YNAB and sign up for a <a href= "https://www.youneedabudget.com/landing/journey-to-launch/?utm_medium=referral_sponsored&utm_source=journeytolaunch.com&utm_campaign=journeytolaunch_sponsored_2018&utm_content=journeytolaunch_podcast_August2018">free 2-month trial</a>!</strong></p> <p>At the end of the podcast, I also talk about the waitlist to the soft launch of my monthly membership program. Get monthly tips, tools, and classes to help you launch to Financial Freedom. Click <a href="https://www.journeytolaunch.com/mem