*This post was originally published on June 4, 2018. Building the habit of consistently assessing your finances and evaluating if your plan remains the best course of action for your circumstances, is an integral part of achieving Financial Freedom. Life priorities and our related goals evolve as we mature. Our…
In the pursuit of Financial Freedom, there is no doubt that the ability to delay gratification can give you an immense advantage when it comes to reducing your spending and lifestyle “needs”. But learning to delay gratification takes both practice and self-discipline. Our bodies and brains are hard-wired to pursue…
As a parent of two, there is no trait I want to develop more in my kids than self-discipline. Where you find self-discipline, you find people who work hard, hold themselves accountable and problem solve without having their hand held. People who respect themselves, and therefore also respect others, and…
Cutting monthly expenses is one of the best ways to help you reach Financial Freedom. You reduce your monthly cost of living moving forward, thereby lowering the amount of money you will need to retire (sometimes substantially). AND instead of that money leaving your wallet each month, it’s now increasing…
Credit cards. They are truly one of the easiest and worst ways to accumulate debt. Far too readily accessed, and with exorbitantly high interest rates, they are a recipe for financial disaster when placed in the wrong hands. As it turns out, the wrong hands equates to almost half the…
We live in a world of now. Instant communication, immediate access to information. Even our Amazon purchases can arrive the same day, so long as we are willing to pay for it. We don’t wait for much these days, and when we do, we aren’t exactly happy about it. But…