A first-person journey into personal finance. No gurus, magic formulas, abstract theories but levels to clear, boss fights to win, and power-ups unlocked over time.
Current Level
2
Level Up Active
Savings Rate
50%
Bosses Defeated
2
Game Days
9.720
Consecutive Days
At university I learned that growing up isn't only about picking up new skills. It's also about choosing where to spend your time, what to leave behind, and giving your money a purpose.
Why owning less is a choice for freedom, and also a financial one. Reflections on total cost of ownership and flexibility as an asset.
High school is the middle ground of growing up. You're not old enough to really know what you're choosing, but you're not young enough to let other people choose for you.
GOM Boy was born from combining GOM (Game Of Money) and Boy, a homage to the legendary Game Boy that accompanied a generation through adventures, challenges, and levels to clear.
To me, personal finance is exactly that: a game without a perfect tutorial, where you learn primarily by doing. You try, make mistakes, gain experience, and build small wins, one level at a time.
Every choice is a new level, every mistake becomes experience, every milestone a checkpoint.
At university I learned that growing up isn't only about picking up new skills. It's also about choosing where to spend your time, what to leave behind, and giving your money a purpose.
High school is the middle ground of growing up. You're not old enough to really know what you're choosing, but you're not young enough to let other people choose for you.
Every video game starts with the same screen. You create your character, choose a couple of traits, and you're off. In real life, you don't get that luxury.
