{"id":"ff687ede5382672ba3d296aceee8517228444cd3332922f34362392bf2f12eac","pubkey":"1afe0c74e3d7784eba93a5e3fa554a6eeb01928d12739ae8ba4832786808e36d","created_at":1731423511,"kind":1,"tags":[],"content":"Story time:\n\n6 years ago my mother in law was left penniless in a surprise divorce at age 67.\n\nMy father in law (piece of shit) had left her with nothing and planned to dump her on social security.\n\nShe was working as a pre school teacher making $14 an hour.\n\nWe had to move fast.\n\nFather in law literally shotgun divorced her. \n\nShowed up at the doorstep with a notary and manipulated an emotionally fragile woman into a binding legal agreement. \n\nI was pissed.\n\nI showed up a few hours later with a series of financial plans.\n\nAnd with tears still streaming down her face in the kitchen of her tiny apartment, she picked one. \n\nI gave her 3 options.\n\n1. Aggressive\n2. Extremely aggressive \n3. Dave Ramsey rice and beans \n\nShe chose number 3.\n\nOver the next 4 years she rode her bike to work everyday. Watered down her lemonade. Spent nothing on herself. Walked dogs for extra income. Took weekend shifts at the preschool. Showed up early. Stayed late and against all odds was able to save 12k a year on a salary of only 27k.\n\nI set up a couple retirement accounts for her and whenever she would scratch $1,000 together she would give it to me and I would smash buy GBTC or MSTR.\n\nMy mother in law has never invested a day in her life and I didn’t want the news or some boomer friend to freak her out, so my wife and I just tell her she’s invested in “the market” 😂 \n\nWhen Bitcoin (the market) is doing good, we tell her and when it’s not we just… don’t tell her lol \n\nSo she’s effectively shielded from the emotional volatility of hodling. Which makes her a very good hodler.\n\nFast forward to today. \n\nI helped her retire from the preschool. She is now living with us and helping look after her grandchildren.\n\nShe went from being near suicidal. My wife and I were legitimately concerned about her mental health. To a happy healthy and vibrant grandmother. \n\nAnd as of yesterday she crossed 500k in retirement accounts.\n\nI expect she’ll be a millionaire soon.\n\nShe can now comfortably retire with dignity. \n\nThis is not something that would have been possible without Bitcoin.\n\nAs cool as it is to see people like @saylor make billions of dollars these are the stories I live for. \n\nThe average person fixing their life with bitcoin. \n\nIt’s so fucking beautiful man. \n\nLife’s good.","sig":"d3c63c881a54a7a04aae5101e69dd2774b5835fae62a80e72ca583b9eb6fe70a770780da0afb6a48676ae8e3b4ec6ce8bfa8482b6421ea68ff750db4dbba1586"}