How To Make Your Money Propel You Forward, Instead Of Hold You Back
When we are planning for our finances, we must decide how we will measure our success. One measure is achieving Financial Freedom but what does financial freedom really mean?
The term financial freedom is thrown around both by traditional financial planners and investment advisors, as well as every infomercial get-rich-quick scheme. Typically, most of the schemes are using the term to mean being so rich you never have to work again. But really financial freedom means being released from uncertainty and being able to confidentially know that you will be able to meet your life goals that your finances (or lack thereof) are no longer holding you back from achievement.
This may mean that you have enough passive income (through pension, investments, business ownership, or real estate rental income) to finance your basic expenses. Or, it may mean that you simply know how to use your income, and investments, to create a life where financial issues are no longer holding you back from your goals.
But what I think is not important — What does financial freedom mean to you? If...