Why do you want to be financially free?

Why are so many of us seeking financial freedom?

Many seek financial freedom
When I surf the various forums and messageboards on the internet, there are so many threads talking, discussing and sharing ideas to be financially free. The option to not work, to decide what we want to do with our time, not to be enslaved by the schedules of a nine-to-six working day. To avoid listening to the bosses incessant demands, to get out of meeting profit targets, reporting deadlines, project deadlines, bottom line targets for the company ad infinitum, ad nauseum.

We dream of not working!
In our busy lives, as we are chasing that elusive dream of being able NOT to work, do we have that something in our lives that we want to do, to dream and to achieve?

What is it that drives you? I alluded to this topic in an earlier post but my forays into the online forums, reading and responding to the various posts and threads lead me to examine this issue again. As time goes by, I realise that many of us are following a script, an unwritten script being played by an unknown piper. The piper is luring us with this dream of financial freedom, the ability to chose NOT to work, to decide what you want to do with your life! The piper teases us with hints of a life of leisure, of not having to do anything if we choose to do so...

Oh how attractive is this tune played by the piper!

But WAIT! This musical score that the the piper is playing, where does it end? So what happens when we achieve financial freedom? Are we stumped that now we have gotten to our end objective, we do not know what to do with our new found freedom?

What will we do when we reach our goal?
It's important for us to pause and reflect why do we want to achieve financial freedom because if the reason is compelling enough, you will find deep within yourself motivation to invest in the hardwork, time and effort to get yourself to your target. Napolean Hill shares how we should tap on the power of our subconscious to visualise what exactly is the state we want to be when we achieve our dreams and goals. It is this clarity that will help drive us there. It is also this clarity that will help define exactly what we want when we say financial freedom and what we will do when we get there.

Do you have interests outside of making money?
Outside of work, my interests are teaching children reading skills, public speaking and blogging. For me to achieve financial freedom, I would devote more of my time to these areas. In addition, I would really want to touch more lives through each of these activities because I have found that while I am still on my journey towards the goal of financial freedom, I am already given the opportunity through my hobbies and interests to touch lives and make a small difference in other people's lives.

Have you touched a life today?
Dear friend, I wish you well on your journey towards your financial freedom however you have defined it. Do pause, take stock and ask yourself, what really would you do if you did not have to work and whose lives you would touch if you achieved it?

Be well and prosper.