The Real Financial Independence Crossover Point

The crossover point of financial independence isn’t where you’ve been told.  Let me explain… You see the crossover point where you are now considered financially independent and work is optional isn’t really the point that you think it is, instead it is just another financial milestone on the journey to financial independence… The real crossover… Continue reading The Real Financial Independence Crossover Point

Alternative Plans For Financial Independence

Is My Financial Independence Plan Flawed? With respect to Financial Independence, I now realize that previously, I’ve put my entire financial independence strategy in just one well known plan. My “Financial Independence Plan A” is pretty much your standard run-of-the-mill savings by frugal means and invest that savings like a fiend.  To be honest, so… Continue reading Alternative Plans For Financial Independence

Progress on Achieving Financial Independence – Swimming To Shore

After I paid off my house a few years ago, I wrote about the experience (via the post:  Stop Drowning in Debt, Start Swimming To Shore) using a swimming analogy.  In the swimming analogy, I compared “being in debt” as being similar to being underwater and swimming straight up to get desperately needed air. In… Continue reading Progress on Achieving Financial Independence – Swimming To Shore

How Independent Are We Really?

In my humble opinion, we are very dependent… on both public systems and businesses! When I moved out of my parent’s house back when I was a teenager going to college, I thought that I was independent!  I felt like such a grown-up, making my way in the world, going to college to better myself. … Continue reading How Independent Are We Really?