thank you to sophie for sponsoring
today's video you know my parents looked
at money the same way they looked at
mental health
never talk about it when it came to debt
pretend it doesn't exist
investing gambling
as a result by the time i was 21 i had
so much debt no savings my phone was
being turned off every other month
i was too terrified to check my bank
balance so i avoided it like it was the
pandemic
and i was stressed out most of my mental
space was taken up with questions like
how am i gonna pay my rent this month
should i pay for groceries
or my utility bill
why did i think i could afford this many
cats money and mental health do go hand
in hand so
how do you become financially liberated
in an era where our commodities are no
longer goats cloth or shells
yeah shells shell currency has been
around since the earliest days of human
history
and lasted up until 200 years ago back
then you could just go to the beach and
get rich
i'm struck well there's only one thing
you need when it comes to getting your
money right
just one very simple thing a financial
education
i can't stress enough how important it
is to understand
how to attack debt how to budget how to
save how to invest
how to set up sources of passive income
because a financial education leads to
financial literacy which leads to
financial independence
because nobody wants to be in this
situation we here at shells fargo
appreciate your business
however we regret to inform our shell
holders that as of yesterday the country
switched over to a paper monetary system
and so we're no longer honoring these
types of deposits
what does that mean that my shell is
worthless unfortunately yes
what am i supposed to do with it then i
suppose you could sell your remaining
seashells by the seashore
that's the most ridiculous thing i've
ever heard you guys are shells fargo you
have to accept my shell
actually um the company is currently
undergoing some rebranding
there is no better time to get started
on your financial education
than right now seriously i mean
historically ownership was the primary
vehicle to creating wealth which in turn
allowed for personal autonomy
and women were very often barred from
that to the point that mary gage
in 1880 started her own ladies exchange
for railroad and mining stocks due to
discrimination from male brokers
but mary wasn't even the first woman on
wall street a decade earlier in 1870
victoria woodhall and her sister
tennessee claflin founded woodhall
claflin and company
victoria became a millionaire by 31 and
used her money to a
become the first woman to run for
president and b publish a newspaper
whose main purpose was to support her
run for president
what i'm saying is money can pave the
path to your dreams
and the first step to getting there is
understanding how it works
i'm anna akana and thank you to sophie
for sponsoring today's video
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