By Eva Macias
My third year in business, I was inspired to write a book about
personal finance. Why? Because before the recession, my
ex-fiancé and I were experiencing turbulence in our relationship
over money. However, I kept quiet and just told myself that I needed to
work harder and make more money. What I failed to realize was that I
was unhappy, I failed to see that I had a choice. You are probably asking
yourself, what does this have to do with becoming an author? Well before I
met him, I had a six-figure job, I owned a home, I gifted myself a Mercedes
SLK 350, and had a FICO score of over 720 and I was under the age of
25, but for my lack of choices, I almost lost it all. Why? Because it wasn’t
until I took the time to look within and realize that what I was lacking in
my personal finance was a choice to self-love.
About the Author
I also noticed that my parents were
living paycheck to paycheck at that time.
Their combined retirement income was
about $1,100.00. To me that did not make
sense. Why? Because they had worked for
over 35 years in this country. I became
curious on why that had happened to them
and also why I was on the verge of losing
it all myself. I started taking responsibility
to why it was happening to me too. I learned
to transform my personal relationship with
myself, and in turn my finances around.
The struggle of almost losing it all was
my motivation to inspire others to keep
putting in the work in order to get the
results they want to see in their lives. I
feel God chose me to go through these
events of almost losing it all in order for
me to learn to come out of that mess, so
my mess became my message. From then
forward, I was inspired to write a book to
share with many that often we become
overwhelmed with our personal finances.
But it’s a matter of choice to choose to
take charge of our lives. When I did, I
started creating results. A few of the
results were: I saved my house, I got my
FICO score up again, I opened my own
business, I created an online course
named Modern Day Money, Increase
your NET worth inside and OUT. I then
realized I wanted to reach a larger audience
and I could do that through a book. So
then the inspiration came to write A
Latina’s Guide to Money. I believe that
life and school experiences do not offer
proper financial training to support an
individual’s financial goals.
My goal is that through this book
women feel inspired to take action and
start building a strong understanding of
the basics in their finances in order to start
living in wealth, prosperity, and financial
freedom. I dedicated my life to teaching
women, teachers, and working families to
visualize a bigger vision than just getting
out of financial burdens. I want them to
start visualizing that it takes a CHOICE. A
choice to create abundance, prosperity and
wealth. But more importantly YOU are
worthy of having it all! The consistency
of that new choice over time will create
the abundance and financial freedom you
deserve. My goal is that this book will
inspire you to live a better life, a life
worthy of wealth.
Want to comment or have any questions on
this article? Email us at info@latinastyle.com
Eva Macias, is a leader and sought-after
speaker in the financial industry. Eva’s
specialty is helping women create a
“simple-to-follow” financial plan in 60
minutes or less. Follow her on FB, IG Eva
Macias and www.evamacias.com
LS
42 www.latinastyle.com LATINAStyle Vol. 24, No. 3, 2018
/www.evamacias.com
/www.latinastyle.com
link