Everything starts with one figure: your monthly margin — take-home pay minus what you spend. That margin is the fuel that carries through every phase. Adjust your paycheck and spending and watch it move.
The average person can't build wealth while a lender is charging them interest. Your margin clears debt first; once it's gone, the freed-up payments flip into building wealth. Carry your margin into Phase 1.
This is a planning tool, not financial advice. Tax and FICA figures are simplified estimates; your real paycheck will differ.
Your margin attacks one debt at a time. The moment a debt falls, its payment rolls onto the next, so the pile collapses faster and faster. Watch the debt-free date move.
The day you're clear, every minimum payment plus your accelerator margin is free — no longer servicing a lender. That whole amount becomes the monthly fuel for your Self-Bank.
Interest is modeled monthly from each balance and rate; real statements and fees will differ. Always keep paying at least the minimum on every debt.
Debt-free, your full margin plus the freed-up payments become fuel. Plan the payments to yourself, buy in cash, and let patience compound what you keep.
Same amounts, rates, terms. Finance every goal and a lender collects the interest; save first and you collect it yourself.
The avoided interest is real and risk-free. Buying in cash means you never pay a lender. The growth is an assumption, not a promise — it only appears if your savings are actually invested, at the return the market gives you. This is a planning sketch, not financial advice.