Cash flow comes first
Amounts matter. Dates matter too. A balance makes more sense when upcoming bills are part of the picture.
A note from Blake
Blake.
Husband, dad &
money-plan tinkerer
money-plan tinkerer
Pay attention to the details. Leave room for living.
I’ve spent more than a decade in hospital administration and about a year as CFO of a concrete company. Those roles taught me to pay attention to how the pieces fit together. At home, money decisions still come down to everyday details: what is due, when it is due, and what we want our money to make room for.
After I was laid off in August 2026, I started building Marathon Millionaire as a business that can help people while supporting my family and giving us more time together. I’m still building; this isn’t a story about having every answer figured out.
The aim is to make personal finance feel useful without pretending every family has the same numbers, time, or options.