The Magic of Passive Income: How We’re Building Our Financial Freedom

Do you remember your first paycheck? I certainly do. It was the summer after my freshman year of college, and I was earning a whopping $5 per hour. At the time, it felt like I'd struck gold. Every Friday, I'd join the long line at the bank, eagerly waiting to cash my paper check. Those were different times, weren't they? Fast forward to today, and my wife and I have discovered something far more powerful than that weekly paycheck: passive income. It's the sweetest kind of income there is—money that flows into your accounts whether you're working, sleeping, or even on vacation. Our Journey to Financial Independence Our passive income journey began in 2006 when I started contributing to a 401(k). At first, it was a small trickle of