My Other Vehicle is a 401(k)! | Diana Falck | 047
Nov 19, 2023
Diana Falck is a 52-year-old retired wife, stepmom to six, Glamma to six, and financial literacy advocate residing in Arizona. She is also on the staff of Catching Up to FI as our Facebook group administrator and social media maven.
Diana has an inspiring story of persistence, diligence, and compassion. Burdened with a six-figure MBA debt for over a decade, the Chicago-born Italian was determined to become debt free and enrolled in Financial Peace University. She went gazelle intense to pay off debt, save for an emergency fund, and invest for retirement.
Due to the overhaul in her life, she wanted freedom for others and volunteered in stewardship ministries and then the Financial Independence community. Diana married at 48 and went around the debt mountain for a second round. She is passionate to help and encourage late starters as the journey hits very close to home.
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Corrections:
12:30 Study abroad in Spain was a program that Marquette sponsored at Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
29:07 Gig was for three weeks
29:14 21 days
30:11 three weeks
42:21 2020, not 2000
49:30 Jan 2020, not Dec 2020…it took 19 months
Resources mentioned on the show:
Peace Corps: The Toughest Job You'll Ever Love
CURE International (Afghanistan)
Geoarbitrage: Physical Presence Test
Begin at 14:40 for scene: Break the Chains of Debt
Legacy Drawer (Dead Box-Jeremy Personal Finance Club)
Financial Literacy Education - ChooseFI
The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Early Retirement
Fight back and WIN - "Bankrupt" - Taylor Swift Bad Blood Parody
Resources that helped Diana's/Falck's Money Journeys
Apps that saved our marriage
Google Calendar: shared
YNAB & Nick True for YNAB Help
Movies
Books
The Total Money Makeover ~ Dave Ramsey: For Debt ONLY
ChooseFI: Your Blueprint to Financial Independence
I Will Teach You to Be Rich ~ Ramit Sethi
Financial Freedom ~ Grant Sabatier
48 Days to the Work You Love ~ Dan Miller
Taking Stock: A Hospice Doctor's Advice on Financial Independence, Building Wealth, and Living a Regret-Free Life ~ Jordan Grumet, M.D.
Diana would like to dedicate her first podcast to her late cousin, Ida and brother, Tony.
If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, help is out there, and freedom is possible. As with any program…the steps work:
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