Are you ready to ditch your 9–5 and finally build the freedom-based life you've been dreaming about? In this six-part series, Maya Roffler breaks down the exact steps to leave your corporate job intentionally, strategically, and successfully before the end of 2025.

In today's episode, Maya walks you through Step 3: Build Your Freedom Fund — one of the most important (and most overlooked) parts of leaving your 9–5 in a way that feels grounded, safe, and sustainable.

You've already completed Step 1 (Audit & Align) and Step 2 (Validate Your Business Idea), which means you now understand what you want, why you want it, and that there is demand for what you're building.

But before you take the leap, you need one thing every successful entrepreneur has built before exiting corporate:

A Freedom Fund.

This episode teaches you how to calculate what you truly need to leave your job, how to project both your personal and business expenses, what financial traps to avoid, and how to know when it's actually time to make the jump. Maya breaks this process down step-by-step so you can make your career transition with clarity, confidence, and stability.

What You'll Hear in This Episode

• Step 3 in Maya's six-part "Ditch Your 9–5 Before the End of 2025" series

• What a Freedom Fund actually is and why it's essential (not optional)

• How to conduct a full financial audit: mortgage, rent, insurance, utilities, transportation, groceries, subscriptions, and more

• Why you should over-project your expenses rather than underestimate them

• The difference between personal expenses and projected business expenses and how to calculate both

• Why taking the leap with $0 saved is a guaranteed path to panic, not freedom

• How to estimate business costs (LLC, website, hosting, tools, legal, marketing, contractors, product development, etc.) even if you're still in the idea stage

• The biggest mistakes people make when leaving their jobs too early

• How to know when "nervous but ready" becomes "it's time to leap"

• How to use your freedom fund to transition peacefully, not chaotically

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