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Why I started my business

“𝙒𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨?” Because I gave myself permission. My passion for personal finance was born...

Shannon Kill

May 30, 20203 min read

Vasectomies (and the opposite of them) as goals

𝗪𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱. We’re paying for it outright. Because we...

Shannon Kill

May 27, 20201 min read

Meet my "office"

Meet my “office”. I could pick it apart a thousand different ways to try to disclaim all the reasons I already know why it’s not good...

Shannon Kill

May 27, 20201 min read

Skin is just skin.

I have really struggled with what to say or how to say it because my words are inadequate here, but silence is no longer acceptable. So...

Shannon Kill

May 27, 20201 min read

Comparison is the thief of joy

𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙤𝙛 𝙟𝙤𝙮. 🤯 𝘛𝘦𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝟭𝟵𝟭𝟬 - 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢...

Shannon Kill

May 24, 20201 min read

I've taught our kids a lot of bad habits (accidently)

𝗜’𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘀 😬 I’m learning and growing daily, but especially now, we’re...

Shannon Kill

May 21, 20202 min read

Don't make it hard.

𝙄 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩. If I didn’t know how to do something or it didn’t come...

Shannon Kill

May 19, 20202 min read

On letting silly things collect metaphorical dust

𝙒𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙪𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣. This can show up in many forms. Have you ever avoided...

Shannon Kill

May 19, 20202 min read

Down-selling potential clients because I can

𝗜 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆. You see, money is not a motivator for me. It...

Shannon Kill

May 13, 20202 min read

Please, stay alive.

⚠️ Mental Health Trigger Warning ⚠️ I’m going to share some very hard things about mental and emotional health here, so if this is an...

Shannon Kill

May 13, 20204 min read

You tell the money where to go

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯...

Shannon Kill

May 12, 20201 min read

The Effects of Quarantine: As Explained by a Four Year Old

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙚: 𝘼𝙨 𝙀𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙖 𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙊𝙡𝙙 “𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐...

Shannon Kill

May 12, 20201 min read

I'm not like other finance coaches, I'm a cool finance coach

𝗜’𝗺 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝘂𝘆𝘀. 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘢...

Shannon Kill

May 10, 20202 min read

Hard won trust is worth the wait

𝗠𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝗺𝗲. I do 𝗻𝗼𝘁 take that lightly. I’m involved in one of the most 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 lines of work,...

Shannon Kill

May 8, 20201 min read

A reminder to not devalue my work because it comes easy to me

𝗜𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲. Sometimes when I’m working with a client I think “𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰...

Shannon Kill

May 7, 20202 min read

That doesn't mean what you think it means

throwing the football with G : Nice mama! You got an OBJ! Me: I don’t know what that means. : That’s what daddy and I call it when you...

Shannon Kill

Apr 25, 20201 min read

Working for the Sake of Working for the Sake of Survival: On Breaking the Cycle

[Insert sales post] 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴! You did all the things they said you should do in order to be...

Shannon Kill

Apr 25, 20202 min read

I am NOT the only one doing what I'm doing (see also: don't hire me if you don't like me)

𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜’𝗺 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴. If you’re not a fan of me, there are others you can get the...

Shannon Kill

Apr 25, 20202 min read

We're always planting something...

𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥... What...

Shannon Kill

Mar 25, 20201 min read

Who will we be as a result of this?

(9/11/2025 Update: Oof. This was a tough read. Sending compassion her way. She didn't know what she knows now.) I will never not see a...

Shannon Kill

Mar 23, 20202 min read