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What is financial freedom?

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By The Breatharian BloggerPublished 4 years ago Updated 4 years ago 3 min read

Most people want to achieve financial independence at some point in their lives. Financial independence is often defined as having sufficient savings, financial assets, and cash on hand to enable us to live the sort of life we want for ourselves and our loved ones. It entails building up funds that will allow us to retire or follow the vocation of our choice without being constrained by the need to earn a fixed wage year after year. Financial independence refers to the fact that our money works for us rather than the other way around.

Pay off your consumer bills and construct a safety net of saving money. You must also generate enough passive income via investment or company ownership to cover your present and anticipated living expenditures.

The load of mounting debt, monetary crises, excessive consumer spending, and other issues prevents us from achieving our most important financial goals, which are as follows: Despite the fact that everyone has financial difficulties, the following twelve behaviors might help you go on the right track toward financial well-being.

Financial independence is defined as having sufficient financial resources to cover your living needs and enable you to achieve many of your life objectives without having to work or devote any of your time or effort to earning money. One or both of the following resources may be included among these resources.

If you have a company, government benefits, or other sources of regular payments that do not need you to work, you are said to have independent income (exchange your time for money). Social security payments are paid out every month, provided you meet the requirements. If you have grown a company to the point where you are able to step back from day-to-day management, you will be able to earn income regardless of how much time you put into it.

The rent payment for a rental property is made monthly. However, property management is typically required, and there is the danger of renting to a tenant who does not make one or more payments in a given month). If you have enough independent income to cover your living expenditures as well as your interests and desires, you are considered financially independent.

Using assets to achieve financial independence may result in complications down the road. Consider it a delicate balancing act. If you want to use this approach to pay for your living expenditures and desires, you will need to sell an asset in order to have enough cash to cover your needs and wants. If you have difficulty selling an item (real estate, for example) quickly enough to make the cash available before your bill's due date, you may run into trouble with your creditors. People who find themselves in this situation are often referred to as "poor cash millionaires." Their assets may be worth more than $1 million, but they are unable to access that value quickly enough to put it to use.

Another possibly more serious issue arises if you run out of assets to convert into cash before you die, which is a possibility. It boils down to this: if you spend through all of your assets too quickly, you will be left with nothing to pay your expenses.

The majority of financially independent families use a mix of each of these strategies. Whether from social security, a business, or dividend-paying securities they have purchased, these individuals are likely to have amassed sufficient assets in the stock market and the housing market to provide them with financial security, knowing that they have a cushion to fall back on in the event of a financial emergency.

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