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Weird Things Happen When $100K Land In Your Bank Account.

Here’s the best thing about it.

Maya Sayvanova
7 min readJul 27, 2021
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In 2018, my husband started a business with a friend.

I kept my mouth shut when he announced it. I never really liked that friend, nor did I think the business idea was anything spectacular, but I long thought my husband had the qualities to make it as an entrepreneur. Considering our son was growing in me, it was kind of a “now or never” moment.

So I said, “Great,” even though I knew we’d live on side hustles for a while.

After the first year, they started to take some “yearly salary”, meaning they’d make an alright paycheck once a year.

Last week, he exited the business, selling his portion of it for $100k.

It’s not a humongous amount, and it wasn’t what he originally intended to do: certain circumstances forced him to play it this way.

Still, it’s a lot of money to land in your bank account “out of nowhere”. It led to weird feelings, actions and realizations I thought you’d like to know — especially if you’re trying to achieve something like this.

You switch to spending mode.

“I love money. I love everything about it. I bought some pretty good stuff. Got me a $300 pair of…

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Maya Sayvanova
Maya Sayvanova

Written by Maya Sayvanova

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