💸 We Owe $7,000 in Taxes This Year

And no… it wasn’t a surprise in the way you might think.

It was a miss.

What Happened

We sold shares from Harrison’s company stock (MSTR) this year.

And we didn’t withhold anything for taxes.

No automatic withholding.
No estimated payments set aside.

Honestly?

We just didn’t account for it in the moment.

This Is the Part People Don’t Expect Me to Say

We forgot.

Not because we don’t understand how taxes work.
Not because we don’t “have a plan.”

But because real life is happening while you’re managing your money.

And sometimes things slip.

So Now We Owe About $7,000

And here’s what’s important:

This isn’t a crisis.
This isn’t derailing anything.

It’s just… part of it.

What I Would Do Differently

If I could go back, I would have:

👉 Immediately set aside a % of the sale for taxes
👉 Moved it into a separate “tax holding” account
👉 Or made an estimated payment right away

Not complicated.

Just intentional.

Why I’m Sharing This

Because there’s this idea that once you “get good with money”…

You stop making mistakes.

You don’t.

You just recover faster.
You adjust quicker.
You don’t spiral.

This Is What Financial Confidence Actually Looks Like

Not perfection.

But:

👉 Awareness
👉 Ownership
👉 Adjustment

We know where the $7K is coming from.
We have the cash to cover it.
We’ll plan differently next time.

That’s it.

This Is Also Part of What You See Inside This Space

If you’re inside Ongoing Access, this is what I mean when I say transparency.

You’re not just getting strategies.

You’re seeing:

👉 Real decisions
👉 Real misses
👉 Real adjustments

In real time.

Because that’s how you actually learn how to manage money.

Your Turn

If something like this happened in your finances…

Would it feel like:

“I messed everything up”

or

“I see what happened, and I can adjust”?

That difference?

That’s the work.