He hopped on the internet and began researching how others were retiring early. Six years later, in February 2020, he quit his job at 33 after tucking away enough money to live on his investments. He now has four sources of income that bring him about $28,000 a month and allow him to work as much or as little as he wants to.
As a teacher by profession, he s since dedicated his time to teaching others how to follow their path to financial independence through his website Call to Leap. He s also amassed more than 700,000 followers on TikTok, where he uses his platform to discuss simple financial concepts in short videos.
He hid money from himself by using 2 checking accounts
When he signed on at his job at a consulting firm near Seattle after college, he did something many people don t consider. Okereke had his employer split his paychecks between two checking accounts, after a contribution to his employer s 401(k) program. Twenty percent of what I make goes into a checking account that I can spend, he told Insider. It helps me budget because it s a very little amount of my income that s going there. So if I want to buy clothing, I have to have a tight budget. If I want to buy jewelry, or if I need to do maintenance on my car, it all comes out of that checking account, he said.