Build A Bigger Life

Stefanie O’Connell is excited about her life. She’s part actress, part budgeting ninja, and all awesome. She’s also the author of the recently released book The Broke & Beautiful Life. Stefanie’s education path took her through New York University and majored in musical theater & psychology. For the past 8 years, she’s been working as a “starving artist” in the musical theater scene, but as of the past couple of years realized that she could work in tandem on projects she’s passionate about -- like living a broke and beautiful life! While on a bus & truck tour (where you travel with other entertainers on a bus from city to city doing a show per night), she realized that maybe this vehicle wasn’t the dream she was pursuing. She started a blog on her musings about life, money, and art in general, and within 6 months had developed a solid foothold on the interwebs. Around the 9:00 mark, Stefanie talks about what she’s been doing the past couple years -- mainly focused on growth and investing any extr