10/07/2024
"I was at one of the lowest points of my life.
I’d broken up with my boyfriend, moved out of our place in Geelong and I was just kind of house hopping around.
I was half living out of my car and Dad’s place, and it was just s**t.
But as I was hopping around those different places, I came to visit a friend here in Wānaka and fell in love.
I went for a run along the lake and that was it!
I ran back to my friends place and told him ‘I’m moving in 8 weeks!’
I sold my car, put some stuff in storage and moved to NZ for the year!
I’d saved an emergency fund of $8,000 and the move cost about three quarters of that.
I was very lucky that my dad offered to help pay but I didn’t need to take him up on it.
Because I'd saved up that emergency fund, I was able to stand on my own two feet and pay my own way.
Which makes me so proud.
I’ve been here for a couple of months and just have this amazing sense of coming back to who I was.
I’m back out enjoying my life, I’m back training and talking to people.
And I’ve met the most amazing new friends. Last weekend we road tripped to Auckland, we’ve got a road trip coming up to Christchurch soon and I love being able to get outside and look at the pretty views while I run.
I don’t even have to try and enjoy myself.
You know where I would have been if it wasn’t for that emergency fund?
On my dad’s couch.
I would’ve had to move home.
But instead, I'm here and I'm having the time of my life."
📸: Natalia King, Fox & Hare Financial Advice Associate demonstrates the power of a financial plan 🇳🇿
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