For as much as the personal finance space talks about debt reduction and/or now financial trauma, it definitely avoids talking about the NEED to increase your INCOME. Bringing in income is a massive component of building sustainable wealth and increasing your happiness. There are but so many expenses to cut until you are living like a 15th-century monk. Beyond establishing financial discipline and developing SMART+ER goals, you will need money. Bills aren’t paid on aspirations alone. Forget what social media says, you still need real currency backed by reality. Over the last five years, my wife and I were able to travel more while scaling up our net worth. How?…