Journey To Launch 131- From Broke & Living In A Car to Traveling the World With Kierra Asnauskas
This week’s Journey to Launch podcast episode features, Kierra Asnauskas, who shares her amazing story on how she went from broke and homeless to a six-figure salary and living abroad. On her journey, Kierra taught English overseas, boosted her salary from $31,000 to $182,000 a year, and received free housing and healthcare. With fewer expenses, Kierra knocked out $49,000 in debt and started investing.
Today, Kierra and her husband are living overseas while she takes her first mini-retirement. Listen to the full episode to learn how you can live your best life abroad and build wealth too.
In this episode you will learn:
- How Kierra went from broke and homeless to a six-figure salary
- Opportunities overseas where you can get free rent, healthcare, and more
- All about mini-retirements and how you can take one now
- How to minimize taxes when living and working overseas
- What is geoarbitrage and how you can use it to get an affordable degree
- The difference between lazy investing and value investing, and much more
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Kierra mentioned so many good reads in her interview. Check out the list below.
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
How to Build Wealth Teaching English Overseas by Ben Stout
The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins
Want to take your own mini-retirement and enjoy life now? Hear how it’s done in episode 54 with Carl Seidman. Carl took his first mini-retirement at age 32.
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