25 | Wealth Sustainability Score = 0.4/3.1 | Accumulated 190k+ in assets | Providing the methods, metrics, mindset, and motives of building time based wealth.
What is your Wealth Sustainability Score (WSS)?
It's top-notch in documenting your financial progress.
WSS is an elite indicator of wealth because it's:
-new and refreshing
-an indicator of financial health
-a dual-valued metric
Here's why it changed my money management ⤵️
• ———— Wealth is TIME ————— •
Do you ever feel like all you hear about is how you need more money?
I feel this all the time.
But I always ask myself, why do I need more money?
The answer is I want more time to do what I love, with the people I love.
So is wealth really about how much money I have?
Not to me.
Wealth is not:
- a high paying job
- a big house and fancy cars
- my net worth
it IS:
- being emotionally stable with my financial state
- prioritizing investing (to create more time)
- time making memories with loved ones
It's new and refreshing to think wealth is measured in time, not money.
• — Financial Resilience, Long-Term Security —•
What wealth and money comes down to...
When we really boil everything down...
is that we want to know
-we can bounce back from financial hardships
-we're going to be okay long-term
-we can do fun things along the way.
The WSS tells us how well we can do those things (and what we need to work on if we can't yet).
It not only evaluates your wealth, but also it's stability.
It quantifies how long an individual can sustain their current lifestyle without working by dividing total liquid assets and passive income by monthly expenses.
So many people are worried about retirement savings.
This metric is helping me make sure I am on track.
It's an encompassing indicator of financial health.
• — WSS to Finance as Blood Pressure to Health —•
Like how blood pressure indicates physical health.
The WSS indicates financial health.
I love how the WSS is unique in assessing stability.
It uses a stability stability factor, ranging from 1 (highly stable) to 5 (highly volatile) to tell me how likely my current financial situation is to change.
That change could be good (increasing my wealth).
Or bad (decreasing my wealth).
Either way, I can be prepared.
The best part about the stability measurement,
is that it helps me know EXACTLY what to work on.
For example it:
-shows me where I need to be with income.
-pinpoints expenses to lower
Most of all, it motivates me to improve my finances.
More than any other metric I have seen.
• ————— Uses A Personal Budget —————•
The easiest way to calculate a WSS is from a budget.
That's because using a budget is the easiest way to:
-know your income
-know your assets
-know your expenses
-know your goals/what needed to hit them
Using a budget is how my wife and I live peacefully.
Using the WSS is how we plan for our future.
I have been less active on X this week.
I have been spending my time finishing the WSSS.
The Wealth Sustainability Score System.
I am excited to roll it out here soon!
@adrienne_lain Thanks for sharing Adrienne! First of all, LOVE your thought process on breaking down this report.
Second, thanks so much for the advice. Extremely helpful and definitely going to do it! Really appreciate it!
A 37-year-old single mother in Texas wants to buy her first home.
She works as a marketing manager making $85k/year.
Here’s her financial situation:
Assets:
$20k cash
$45k in a brokerage account
$25k in a 401k
Liabilities:
$12k in student loans at 5.5%
$5k credit card debt at 18%
The house details:
3 beds/2 baths
$300k purchase price
30-year mortgage at 6.5%
Would rent for $2,000/month if she decides to rent it out in the future
She’s considering three options for the down payment:
A) Withdraw from her 401k
B) Sell part of her brokerage investments
C) Take a personal loan
Would you do any of these?🤔