Quiet victories are great to share with others.

Some of you who know me know my mantra for the year has been Freedom 15! I've arrived at a special milestone this month. The goal was to get out of all debt (student loans, credit cards, etc.) by my birthday month of May. I got there with the help of my partner and his new job. So grateful for this. We have both lowered our cost of living by making sacrifices, including a move to a smaller place an hour's drive from my 9 to 5 job, with the intention of making room for our dreams. Both of us are artists with creative aspirations, and setting up our lives to support this has been our goal for the last 3 years. It meant giving up a wonderful space walking distance to work and close enough to the beach that we used to go every weekend.

This is good news for my art. It's my intention to save until I am able to make the leap to working on my painting full time. Not sure how much savings will be enough to make this change, but I'm well on my way, now that I'm in the black. Do you have any ideas to help get me there? I'd love to hear from you.

Peace,

Ray Ortiz