Joy Wasted with KB Dickey

Let me start with this: I’ve been tracking my earned income since I was 17 years old. Not because I was trying to be the next Wall Street wizard, but because I was determined to understand where I stood financially—even if the numbers didn’t always stand with me.

Armed with my Social Security statement and an Excel spreadsheet, I created a graph that’s been growing with me since 1997. It’s got more drama than a Netflix series: dips, spikes, plot twists, and comeback arcs. I’ve run analyses on it that would make a data scientist proud (or mildly concerned). One day, this graph will be the star of a Udemy course titled something like “Faith, Finance, and Formulas: How to Survive When the Math Ain’t Mathing.”

But here’s the real story.

There were years when the numbers made me want to scream into a pillow. The income didn’t match the effort. The bills didn’t match the budget. And the math? Oh, the math was not mathing. But every line on that graph tells a story. It shows when I graduated high school, then college—where my income jumped 119%. It shows when I took leaps of faith, when I paused for purpose, and when I sowed seeds that didn’t sprout until seasons later.

It even shows when I started tithing and sowing intentionally. And guess what? The blessings started showing up in the data. Coincidence? I think not.

This graph is more than numbers. It’s a testimony. A visual reminder that every valley I walked through financially was followed by a climb. That every time I thought I had nothing, God showed me I had everything I needed. It’s proof that provision doesn’t always look like a paycheck—it looks like grace, grit, and growth.

So today, when I say I’m trusting for overflow and abundance, I’m not just hoping—I’m calculating. I’ve got receipts. I’ve got data. I’ve got faith. And I’ve got a blueprint that works.

Because even when the math wasn’t mathing, God was.

Joy Junkie

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