# The Million Impact Mission

> My personal mission: bring one million people with me to financial independence, starting with the financial education school never gave us.

**Our generation wasn’t built for the 9 to 5.**
For whatever reason, previous generations decided to work for 8 hours per day, 5 days per week, 50 weeks a year for 40 years.

Our generation is different. We want to live in our youth, see the world, all while working on things that we are actually passionate about.

So I started The Million Impact Mission.

I want people to be able to live by their own rules, work when they want to work, and on projects that they believe in. And with that, I’m going to help at least one million people, starting with financial education, something that our school system has completely failed at.

## What is The Million Impact Mission?

The Million Impact Mission is my personal mission statement to bring along 1,000,000 people with me to financial independence.

## Why is it important to you?

As someone who lived through the Great Recession as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve seen people completely ruined by their financial situation. I believe that in most cases, proper planning could have relieved the financial pressures that many experienced. But unfortunately, our school system doesn’t prioritize this education.

I’m also a big proponent of financial independence. I believe peak human ability is when you are able to focus on the things you are passionate about, versus doing the things you need to do for money.

Our generation isn’t looking for retirement. We’re looking for freedom and quality of life. Let’s make it happen. Together.

## How are you going to do it?

I’m not entirely clear on the “how” yet. Here’s what I’m up to. As of November 2025, I’ve impacted 67,000 people.

- **Counseling people 1:1** as an Accredited Financial Counselor®.
- **[JustinAI](https://justinhuynh.com/ai)**, an AI financial counselor I built on nearly a decade of my personal finance writing, for everyone who can’t afford a counselor of their own.
- **[My free guide to personal finance](https://justinhuynh.com/personal-finance)**, from the financial planning process to retirement.
- **[Thoughts](https://justinhuynh.com/thoughts)**, where I write about careers, startups and money.
- **[Heron](https://justinhuynh.com/heron)**, a privacy-first app that aggregates discount codes.

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