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I earn $200,000 at Google after starting my career earning under $40,000. The reality is that money does buy happiness.
- Khayla McCoy quadrupled her income over 10 years, now making over $200,000 annually.
- She started her career with a $39,000 salary in NYC and used investments in education and career shifts to increase her earnings.
- Personal finance courses and investing 5% of her salary were key to McCoy's financial success.
- Investing her money in education, like an associate degree program, helped her take bigger career jumps.
- BlackRock and Google were career shifts that gave McCoy a doubled and then tripled salary, respectively.
- Despite earning more money, the low real life expenses of growing up in poverty kept McCoy's budget small for years.
- Having a higher-paying job and no longer being in poverty has reduced McCoy's stress levels.
- Having more money has allowed McCoy to have financial peace of mind and better access to healthcare.
- McCoy uses her money lessons to help other women change their relationship with money.
- McCoy believes that money does buy happiness, as it supports health and happiness through affording access to healthcare and taking healthy risks.
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