The speaker found $100,000 in their bank account and felt suddenly wealthy. With a $30,000 annual burn rate, that's roughly three years of runway. The milestone hit hard because it was a 100-fold jump from having $1,000.
The first $100 grand was the richest I have ever felt to this day. I remember pulling up our bank account and there's $100 grand in it. Hey babe, like check this out. And I just like showed it to her because I was getting choked up. And right after I said that, I was like, babe, like we can fuck up for 3 years and be okay. For anyone who's broke right now, you probably know what your burn rate is. And I was like, $30 grand a year. I was like, both of us together, we're good. Can't lose now. I was like, we got 3 years of runway. I think about that a lot because I'm like, I wonder why, why did I feel so rich in that moment? And I think it's because the relative change in wealth was so extraordinary. If you have $1,000 in your bank account and you go to $100,000, you're 100 times richer. I mean, for everyone who's listening, like, I was broke up to this point. I get it. Like, it was insane.
