I'm not happy. I live a comfortable life, but I'm not happy. So how do I get happy? For me, I want to run off into the sunset with a motor home and my boyfriend and live happily ever after. But let's be real. As a financial planner told me yesterday "That would be financial suicide". Just what I wanted to hear. So everything that I've been working towards for my whole life would be gone in a flash and if my dreams don't work out, I'll be back at square one.
I was scrolling down my newsfeed on FB (Facebook) yesterday and saw a clip from the Late Show with Conan O'brian interviewing Louis CK. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8r1CZTLk-Gk&h=1ca54 That man is a genius. Talking about our technology today he said "everything is amazing and nobody's happy". Well he certainly pinned the tail on the donkey. Everyone I know hates their job, is bogged down by responsibilities and is so worried about getting through their day to day lives, that they have lost touch with what truly matters to them.
Is changing your life worth Financial Suicide? Do we have to choose between endentured servitude or financial death? Maybe there's a way to have your damn cake and eat it too, afterall, who wants to just look at a cake? If you can't eat it you're just gonna throw it away anyway. So, I'm gonna figure out how to get nice and fat on the cake of life and the icing of freedom without cracking the plate that it's sitting on.
Join me in this journey of liberation. Post comments, share your stories with me, we are all connected and inspiration comes from each and every one of us.
I hear ya - who wants cake if it's just to look at? I wish my family's expenses were lower so we had more leeway every month, but the only way to make that happen is to sell our house, which is underwater, so we can't. We can't rent it for enough to cover PITI. Would you rent your house out when you go on your adventure or will you try and sell it?
ReplyDeleteI will be renting it out. If I sell it now, I won't be able to buy back into the housing market for who knows how long. I bought my house just before the housing debacle. I had a stated income, they don't even exist anymore. I'd also like to know I have a place to come home to.
ReplyDeleteit really doesn't matter if you're boating around the country or painting sidewalks. If you build on the happiness inside and choose to live happy.....who cares.
ReplyDelete"when you feel you have enough....enough grows. And everywhere you go in life.....enough knows"
Financial freedom is nice but it's not a cure for anything. Quality of life can be gained if you want it. You don't have to pay for it.
Cheers from the golden coast!