Episode 30 Milestone: Go Behind the Scenes of Homeschool Money [The Stats That Shocked Us, the Moment That Tested Us, and What Comes Next]

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30 episodes Three zero, people

we said we're going to 100, and

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I want you to know we meant it.

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But today we stop for a second.

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We look back.

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We look at what happened, what surprised

us, what made us laugh, and what

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honestly made us a little emotional.

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And I wanna say right now before we

even get started, some of you changed

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the trajectory of this podcast.

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You just don't know it yet.

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We're gonna tell you

exactly how, but first

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A fast-growing number of parents

are starting their homeschooling

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journey, while others have

been homeschooling for years.

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All of these parents are asking one big

question: How can I afford to homeschool?

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We're here to answer that important

question once and for all.

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Hi, I'm Crystal Obie.

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And I'm Anthony Obie.

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We've been homeschooling our five kids

for 13 years, and we funded it through

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our online consulting business that

we've been running for over 17 years.

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Now, we're combining Crystal's financial

coaching expertise with my digital

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marketing background, where I help

entrepreneurs launch and sell online.

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We're here to help fellow

homeschooling parents self-fund

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their homeschool journey and create

lifestyle businesses for financial

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freedom without a nine-to-five job.

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Are you ready to start living life

on your own terms and make your

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homeschooling experience a lot more fun?

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Well then sit back, crank up

the volume, and enjoy this

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episode of Homeschool Money.

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Welcome back to the

Homeschool Money podcast.

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I'm Crystal Obie.

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And I'm Anthony Obie.

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And we're so glad you're here

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Okay, so today is a special one.

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This is episode 30, which means

we are officially 30% of the way

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to 100 episodes, and we made a

promise when we started this show.

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We would take you behind the

scenes every 10 episodes.

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We would tell you what's really

going on, what we've learned, what

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surprised us, and where we're headed

We call it The Road to 100, and today,

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episode 30, it's time to check in.

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If you're brand new to the show, welcome.

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We're so glad the algorithm

brought you here today of all days.

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This is a great place to start.

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We're Crystal and Anthony Obey, a

married couple, homeschooling parents

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of five, And we built this podcast

because we believe that every homeschool

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family deserves access to real,

practical, usable financial information.

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No gatekeeping, no fluff, just the tools

you need to fund the lifestyle you're

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building for your kids And if you've been

with us since the beginning, thank you.

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Genuinely.

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You're the reason we hit episode 30.

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You showed up, you shared, and

you sent messages, and you kept

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us going on the weeks when we

wondered if any of this was landing.

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Oh, it's landing.

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We're going to prove it to you today

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Okay, Anthony, it's scoreboard time.

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Are you ready?

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I'm ready.

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Let's see it.

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Let's talk about what this show has

actually done in 30 episodes, because the

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numbers tell a story, and it's a good one.

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Let's hear it.

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The most listened to episodes

on this show, by a significant

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margin, are our TEFA series.

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That series went viral, Crystal.

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It went viral, multiple episodes.

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People were sharing them in Facebook

groups, in church group chats, in

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homeschool co-ops across Texas.

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We had families who had never heard of

us find us specifically because someone

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forwarded a TEFA episode to them.

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That series exists because we saw a need.

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Texas family needed someone to

break down the education savings

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account program in plain language.

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No jargon, no confusion, just

here's what it is, here's who

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qualifies, here's how you can apply.

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And people responded because

they needed exactly that.

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So if you're one of the people who

found us through TEFA, welcome.

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You're in the right place.

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There's so much more here for you Now

here's the part that I found fascinating.

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What's the second most

listened to episode?

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The wealth affirmations episode.

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People really connected with that one.

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They did, which honestly, I say this

with love, those two episodes together

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tell you exactly who this audience is.

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You want the practical strategy

and you want the mindset work.

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You want the numbers and the

belief system behind the numbers.

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That combination is exactly

what this show is built for.

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Now, I do wanna point something out.

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Oh, here we go.

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My background story episode,

which I was very proud of, I

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put a lot into that episode.

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It's a great episode, Anthony.

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I got beat.

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I mean, my episode actually finally got

beat by Tifa and wealth affirmations.

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Come on now.

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It got beat.

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Hey friend, quick break.

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If you're ready to fund your homeschool

without relying on a nine-to-five

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job, you have to check this out.

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We're giving you instant

access to our free class.

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It's called Get 30,000 a Year to Fund Your

Homeschool Without a Nine-to-Five Job.

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In just 90 minutes, you'll learn how

to create consistent income, afford a

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world-class education for your kids, and

get the lifestyle freedom you deserve.

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That's gonna give you more time

to invest into the people that

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matter the most, your children.

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This is the system that changed everything

for us, and it's changed everything

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for hundreds of other families too.

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Go to homeschoolmoney.com

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to register and watch the free

class on demand and get our

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newsletter full of tips and support.

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Don't wait.

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Your freedom starts right now.

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So apparently the people want

financial strategy and mindset shifts.

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They don't just wanna hear about Anthony.

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That's not what I said.

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No, no.

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I hear the audience loud and clear.

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I'll bring the content.

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I'll stay in my lane.

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He's joking, mostly.

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Anthony's episode is genuinely

excellent, and it's in the show notes.

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Go listen to it.

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But yes, Tifa and affirmations are

your current favorites, and we hear you

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Okay, behind the scenes.

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What has been going on at the Obi

household for the past 30 episodes?

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Okay, so do you wanna tell

it, Crystal, or should I?

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Oh, I'm gonna let you tell it.

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So, you know how I said my

background story episode got beat?

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Mm-hmm.

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I may have taken some drastic

measures to get the attention back

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on where it's supposed to be, on me.

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Anthony broke his ankle.

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I broke my ankle, y'all.

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So for the last month, this

man has not been able to walk.

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Now, we got five kids.

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We homeschool.

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We run a business, and Anthony, who is

supposed to be my co-pilot, has been

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on the couch with his foot elevated.

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In my defense- There is no

defense, Anthony ... well, I

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was not trying to break my ankle

to get attention, to be honest.

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That is a very serious

accusation, Crystal.

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I'm just saying the timing is suspicious.

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His episode gets beat, and

suddenly he needs to be waited on

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hand and foot, no pun intended.

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I want the record to show that

I did not plan this, you guys.

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The record shows whatever

the record shows.

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What I will say, and I mean this

sincerely, is that even in this

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season, even with everything that has

been on our plate, we have kept going

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because that is what this family does.

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That is what this podcast is about.

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You build even when it's inconvenient.

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You show up even when life is loud

and messy and your co-host cannot

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physically walk to the microphone.

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For the record, I am healing.

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I'll be back on both feet very soon.

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We are grateful.

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We really are.

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It has been a full season, and we

are handling it, and that honestly

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is its own kind of testimony.

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Yeah.

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One thing I wanna share from, uh, a

behind-the-scenes standpoint, and this

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is real, is that building a podcast while

running a family and a business teaches

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you something about systems very quickly.

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You either build the structure to

support the work, or the work falls

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apart the second life gets hard.

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And life got real hard.

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Life got hard, and the show continued.

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That's the system working.

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Yeah, that's the system working, so

whether you're building a podcast, a

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business, a homeschool, or a financial

plan, build the system before you

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need it because when you need it,

you will not have time to build it.

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Now let's talk about what matters most,

not the downloads, not the rankings,

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the people This is my favorite part.

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We've heard from multiple families,

multiple, who reached out to tell us that

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the TEFA series changed their school year.

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Not inspired them, changed it.

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They understood what the program was,

they understood how to apply, and they

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moved forward with confidence because

of what they heard on this show.

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That's the whole reason we exist.

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That right there.

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One thing I wanna say about this

though, the TEFA award notifications

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are still going out right now.

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People are still trying to find out

if they've been awarded the funding,

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and families are finding out whether

they've been approved every day.

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And we want you to know, if you

got that notification, if you're

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one of the families who applied

and you are now figuring out what

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comes next, we have content for you.

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Keep listening.

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The next chapter of your family's

financial story starts right now.

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And if you applied and you're

still waiting, keep going.

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Keep listening.

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There's more support coming on

this show for families navigating

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education funding at every stage.

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Beyond TEFA, what has meant the most to

me personally, and I've thought a lot

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about this, is that this show has made

our family's conversations about money

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even more normal than it already was.

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Our kids hear us talk about wealth,

about legacy, about strategy.

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They grow up in a house where money

is not a secret or a source of shame.

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It's a tool, and we

talk about how to use it

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That's generational work right

there in the living room Yeah,

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right there in the living room.

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That's the farm that I was talking about

in the last episode Okay, let's talk

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about what's coming because the next

stretch of episodes, I'm so excited

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You should be excited I am so excited.

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So here's what's on the horizon for the

Homeschool Money podcast So I'm putting

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together a business launch series, 10

episodes dedicated entirely to what

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it looks like to build a business as

a parent, as a homeschool family, as

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someone who wants to create income

that gives you more freedom, not less.

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Real steps, real strategy,

designed specifically for people

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in this community who are ready

to build something of their own.

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And if you've been listening to this

show and you've been thinking, "You

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know, I wanna make some more money.

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I wanna create something.

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I wanna stop trading time for dollars

and start building," that series

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is gonna be exactly what you need.

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We are also continuing our

wealth-building content.

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Crystal has been developing specific

episodes around the wealth tools

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and strategies that homeschool

families can actually use.

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Not generic financial advice, but

targeted, specific, actionable content

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for the way your family is built.

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And there's more.

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We have some information about

programs and opportunities that we

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wanna share with this community,

things that I think a lot of you have

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been waiting for and looking for.

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We're not ready to announce everything

yet today, but I wanna let you know

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that it's coming, so just stay close.

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The summer ahead on Homeschool Money

is gonna be really good, y'all.

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Really good.

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I mean, we're 30 episodes in,

we have 70 to go, and we are

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just now hitting our stride.

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The best content we have ever

made is still ahead of us.

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I believe it.

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I believe that too

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Now, before we close, we wanna ask you

for something, and we do not ask lightly

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because we know your time is valuable and

your attention is something you work hard

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to protect If this show has helped you,

if even one episode gave you something

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you needed, answered a question you had,

or showed you an option you didn't know

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existed, will you leave us a review?

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A review on Apple Podcasts, a rating

on Spotify, it takes two minutes and it

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changes everything for a show like ours.

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It tells the algorithm that this

content is worth recommending.

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It puts us in front of families who

need us and don't know we exist yet.

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Every review is a bridge.

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You're helping us to get to the families

who are still out there looking for

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exactly what we built this show to be.

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And share it.

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Text it to your homeschool

co-op group chat.

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Post it in your Facebook group.

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Tag us when you're listening.

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We read everything, we see

everything, and we show up for every

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single person who shows up for us.

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We're building something here, you guys,

and the more people who find it, the

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bigger the impact and the more we can do.

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So help us find them

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Now we wanna close with gratitude,

real genuine non-performative

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gratitude 30 episodes is not nothing.

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When we got started with this show,

we had a vision and a microphone and

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a whole lot of faith that the right

people would find us, and they did.

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You did.

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You showed up, you listened, you

shared, you sent messages that

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kept us going on hard weeks.

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You applied for TEFA because

you heard us explain it.

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You started having money conversations in

your homes because we had them in ours.

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That is not a podcast.

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That is a movement, and we

do not use that word lightly.

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We're building something that is bigger

than two people and a microphone.

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We are building a financial legacy for

homeschool families across the country.

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We're saying out loud, on record, 30

episodes in, that your family deserves

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access to every tool, every strategy,

every opportunity that has historically

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been kept behind closed doors.

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And we're not stopping at 30.

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We're not stopping at 50.

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We're going all the way to 100, and we're

taking every single one of you with us.

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We're not stopping at 100.

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But thank you so much

for being a part of this.

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Thank you for trusting us with your time.

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That is not something

we take lightly ever.

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Bye.