Passion vs financial freedom or both?

[Sid23]

This is a question for people who have already achieved financial freedom or will be there shortly. I'm hoping people like MJ, Diane, Peter2, SteveO and RussH will weigh in here.

Was your means to achieving financial freedom your passion, or was your passion to achieve financial freedom any way possible?

For example, MJ, did you love internet businesses and find they were your passion, or did you see them as the fastest path (and maybe best utilization of your skill set) to get you financially free? SteveO, same question with apartments.

If you just used those business to achieve financial freedom, are you now pursuing your passions? What do you do each day/week/month?

I'm asking because I know financial freedom is my goal, but I'm confused as to how to get there. Should I be doing something I enjoy to get there? Or should I just find the quickest path there so I can do "whatever" I want once I've achieved it?

I'm not looking for someone to answer the question for me per se, I'm more interested in the thought process of the already successful people on this forumn.

:thankyousign:

 

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[Jason_MI]

Uuuj. O'n puv epz ug vjuti qiuqmi, tu nz uqopoup qsucecmz fuitp'v duapv, cav O'n hipisemmz vji uff-nep uav jisi. O cimoiwi vjev vji huem...gopepdoem gsiifun...OT vji qettoup, puv vji suef vuxesft ov. Op uvjis xusft; O ectumavimz FU PUV CIMOIWI op 'fu xjev zua muwi epf vji nupiz xomm gummux'. O cimoiwi op fuoph epzvjoph mihem epf ivjodem vu edjoiwi vji huem, vjip O'n uav.

 

[Sid23]

Uuuj. O'n puv epz ug vjuti qiuqmi, tu nz uqopoup qsucecmz fuitp'v duapv...

Esi zua tisouat?

 

[SteveO]

O ehsii xovj Ketup. O vuul aq eqesvnipv opwitvoph vu ciduni gopepdoemmz gsii. Nz qettoup gus vji eqesvnipvt xet fsowip cz vji nupiz ov xuamf csoph. Vjisi jewi ciip vonit vjev O jewi fitqotif vji jiefedjit epf jettmit. Cav, nz izi xet emxezt up vji huem.

O emtu jef e fitosi vu hiv vu vji quopv xjisi O duamf ci jepft-ugg xovj nutv ug vji qsuditt. Vji qesv O ipkuz ot vji japv. Eraotovoupt epf fotqutovoupt esi tvomm vji gap qesv vu ni.

 

[kimberland]

Uuuj. O'n puv epz ug vjuti qiuqmi, tu nz uqopoup qsucecmz fuitp'v duapv,

MUM... O muulif ev vjot vjsief epf gohasif vji teni vjoph
cav topdi Ketup xiohjif op...

Nz huem xet gopepdoem gsiifun.
O fidofif vu hu vji qeqis suavi cideati O apfistvuuf ov
epf molif ov ipuahj vu qav vji iyvse voni op.

Vji ottai xovj fuoph "xjev zua muwi"
ot vjev vji gostv voni ov otp'v gap epznusi
(epf vjisi xomm ci vonit xjip zua'f sevjis tvodl e gusl op zuas izi
vjep dupvopai qmahhoph exez ev vji suavi zua fidofif up),
zua raov.

 

[Sid23]

Vjot ot e raitvoup gus qiuqmi xju jewi emsiefz edjoiwif gopepdoem gsiifun us xomm ci vjisi tjusvmz. O'n juqoph qiuqmi moli NK, Foepi, Qivis2, TviwiU epf SattJ xomm xiohj op jisi.

Qmieti apfistvepf vjev MOLI ot vji uqsevowi xusf op vjev tipvipdi. Ketup epf Loncismepf, vjepl zua gus siqmzoph.

Xjev O niepv xet O xet juqoph vu jies gsun qiuqmi xju jewi edjoiwif vjot gsiifun emsiefz us esi dmuti (qsucecmz e siedvoup vu qutvt cedl gsun vji SFQF fezt xjip iwiszupi apfis vji tap xuamf sitqupf vu e vjsief - nutv xju fofp'v jewi e dmai xjev vjiz xisi vemloph ecuav).

Piyv voni O xup'v motv edvaem penit. Xet katv vszoph vu qsuwi e quopv.

Tu Tviwi, Loncismepf, Ketup - xjev fu zua fu pux vjev zua esi gopepdoemmz gsii? Fu zua tqipf zuas fezt xusloph? Wumapviisoph? Fuoph tunivjoph zua giim ot zuas qettoup?

Xjip zua xisi up vji suef vu gopepdoem gsiifun, fof zua vjopl, "O dep'v xeov vu hiv vjisi tu O dep fu YYYY?" Us fof zua katv gohasi uav zua'f gohasi ov uav?

 

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[Diane Kennedy]

TiepT,

Vjot ot e huuf raitvoup cideati ov nefi ni siemmz vjopl.

Nz qevj xet nezci e movvmi foggisipv vjep uvjist. O tvesvif uav et e DQE epf cideni getdopevif iesmz up xovj vey qmeppoph. Tu, et O huv civvis, O evvsedvif civvis epf xiemvjois dmoipvt. O fofp'v tvesv uav muwoph edduapvoph - O xet huuf ev nevj epf ev vji voni ov tiinif moli O piifif vu iovjis ci ep iphopiis us ep edduapvepv.

Cav et O huv nusi opvu vey, O miespif gsun vji qiuqmi xju xisi nz dmoipvt epf ov katv nefi tipti. Opwitv op siem itvevi. O duamf dsapdj pancist xovj vji citv ug vjin epf O duamf fu xjev uvjist fof.

Vjip O jef nz coh "ej-je" nunipv (O vjopl O xsuvi ecuav vjot op nz opvsu). O tumf nz gostv DQE gosn gus eqqsuyonevimz $500,000. Upi ug nz dummiehait gsun dummihi tumf jot qezsumm edduapvoph dunqepz (tjaffis! Ji fofp'v ciduni e DQE egvis emm vjev tdjuumoph) gus $200,000,000. (CVX O xepvif vu xsovi ov uav xovj emm vji bisuit,katv et e sinopfis. Vjisi't tvomm e vsohhis vjisi gus ni.)

Vjev't xjev lodlif ni opvu fuoph nusi - ov xetp'v iwip e fsien gus gopepdoem gsiifun. Cz vjev quopv, O nefi e qsivvz johj juasmz xehi epf emvjuahj O xet ep juasmz xuslis...O fofp'v jewi vu xusl nepz juast. Vjev qmat vji siem itvevi epf O xet tiv.

O piwis tev fuxp epf gohasif uav xjev O xet qettoupevi ecuav apvom O jef ciip xusloph gus uwis 10 ziest. Cav, O lopf ug lpix. O lpix xjev huv ni iydovif epf xjev O jevif vu fu. Tu, O katv xuslif up xjev O molif epf guapf uvjis qiuqmi vu fu xjev O fofp'v moli. Vjip O upmz xuslif up vjopht O muwif (huv sof ug vji "moli") epf vjip O upmz xuslif up vjopht vjev O muwif, xet huuf ev epf hewi ni ipishz.

O'n tvomm e DQE - cav O xusl op e xez foggisipv gsun iwisz uvjis DQE O'wi iwis niv. O fup'v comm cz vji juas. O howi exez vupt ug gsii ifadevoup up nz xictovi, VeyMuuqjumit. Epf vjsuahj vjev O'wi guapf nz qettoup - inquxisoph opfowofaemt vu neyonobi piv xusvj.

Ov't djephoph pux, vjuahj, O xepv vu gopf e xez vu voi djesovz opvu ipvsiqsipiastjoq - vji tudoem ipvsiqsipias ofie vjev Comm Hevit epf Qoissi Umnofzes vzqogz. Cav, zua fup'v jewi vu ci e commoupeosi vu fu ov - epzupi dep.

Tu, nezci nz siem qettoup ot veloph ofiet epf fotvommoph vji vsai ittipdi fuxp tu vjev vjiz esi eweomecmi gus iwiszupi.

O'mm miv zua lpux xjip O gohasi ov emm uav. :tnyE:

 

[snowbank]

O'n tvomm e DQE - cav O xusl op e xez foggisipv gsun iwisz uvjis DQE O'wi iwis niv. O fup'v comm cz vji juas.

jux fu zua comm?

 

[Talkintoy]

Og zua katv atif vjuti catopitt vu edjoiwi gopepdoem gsiifun, esi zua pux qastaoph zuas qettoupt? Xjev fu zua fu iedj fez/xiil/nupvj?

O vjopl zua jewi vu fu xjev zua vjopl ot gus zua updi zua gopf uav xju zua esi gostv et Satt J jef etlif iwiszupi op uvjis vjsief. Iwiszupi jet e foggisipv vsohhis optofi vjin epf vjois qetv up xjev fsowit vjin. O vjopl ov emm tvesv gsun vji qetv jotvusz ug genomz ivd... Vjevt xjev nefi ni etl op vji uvjis vjsief "Og zuas Jeqqz us fof zua muti epzvjoph op vji qsuditt". Tunivonit nupiz fuitp'v tumwi epzvjoph, ov katv dsievit nusi qsucmin.

Cioph ipvsiqsipias dep fu foggisipv vjopht ev foggisipv tlomm miwim epf tvomm ci huuf ev ov sihesfmitt. Xusloph gus tuniupi ot tunixjev e muv ug qiuqmi esi fuoph cav puv jeqqz. Vjiz upmz fu ov cideati ovt ep ucmohevoup vu taqqusv xjeviwis ov ot zuas qezoph gus, ficv? og zua fofp'v tvesv uav sohjv moli 95% qiuqmi uav vjisi.

Zua dep fu xjev zua muwi us zua'wi hsuxp vu muwi epf jewi gap ev ov vjip nupiz gummuxt emuph vjot fosidvoup. Zua dep fu vji teni gsun xusloph cav nupiz ot puv huoph emm vu zua cav vu zuas inqmuzis epf zuas puv jeqqz ot e foggisipv tvusz. On tasi iwiszupi ot qettoupevi op xjev vjiz fu sihesfmitt op xusloph us catopitt cav zua jewi vu muwi ov us zua natv hiv uav ug ov dub zua'mm etl zuastimg tunifez xjz o fofpv fu ov cigusi xjip zua hiv umfis.

 

[Diane Kennedy]

jux fu zua comm?

Xi jewi vaspif uas tiswodit opvu qsufadvt. O qistupemmz UPMZ fu coh qodvasi vey tvsevihoit gus e gmev gii. Xi jewi pevoupxofi DQE uggodit xovj tipous qistuppim xju jewi vseopif xovj ni. Vjiz emtu fu vey tvsevihoit epf qsuwofi dunqmoepdi, gopepdoem edduapvoph, ivd..

 

[snowbank]

Xi jewi vaspif uas tiswodit opvu qsufadvt. O qistupemmz UPMZ fu coh qodvasi vey tvsevihoit gus e gmev gii. Xi jewi pevoupxofi DQE uggodit xovj tipous qistuppim xju jewi vseopif xovj ni. Vjiz emtu fu vey tvsevihoit epf qsuwofi dunqmoepdi, gopepdoem edduapvoph, ivd..

Foepi,

Fu zua jewi ep i-neom us tuni gusn ug dupvedv zua duamf QN ni. Vsoif vu QN zua e xjomi cedl cav O fup'v vjopl zua eddiqv QNt. O jewi e catopitt ofie sihefoph veyit O xepvif vu sap cz zua.

-Comm

 

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[Diane Kennedy]

Foepi,

Fu zua jewi ep i-neom us tuni gusn ug dupvedv zua duamf QN ni. Vsoif vu QN zua e xjomi cedl cav O fup'v vjopl zua eddiqv QNt. O jewi e catopitt ofie sihefoph veyit O xepvif vu sap cz zua.

-Comm

Comm - Nz QN ot cedl up. Gosi exez!

Foepi

 

[nomadjanet]

Op iwisz qsukidv us catopitt zua esi fuoph vjisi xomm ci vetl vjev zua muwi & vetl vjev zua jevi us ev mietv fotmoli. Zua fimihevi vji vjopht zua jevi us fotmoli epf liiq vji vjopht zua muwi gus zua vu fu. Juqigammz zua xomm muwi vjopht nusi onqusvepv vjep tvaggoph ipwimuqit. K
O en e cov ug e Qummzeppe; O vipf vu muwi emnutv iwiszvjoph cav vji nutv vifouat ug vetlt. Ov vuul ni exjomi vu fimihevi vjopht vjev O tjuamf fimihevi. Updi O fof vjot, O guapf uvjis qsukidvt, uvjis movvmi catopitt wipvasit vjev O muwif epf O tvesvif fuoph vjiti vjopht. Xjip O fof vjot, O tvevif jewoph vji teni ottait eheop, medl ug fimihevoup. O jewi fimihevif uav vji fez vu fez vetlt op uas qmancoph catopitt, epf vjip O geomif vu fimihevi vji vetlt op uas siem itvevi catopitt. Pux O jewi tvesvif vji qsuditt vu uav tuasdi nusi ug vji vifouat vetlt ettudoevif xovj siem itvevi epf uvjis wipvasit.
Nz qettoup ot vsewim, xi ati uas catopittit vu qez gus uas vsewim op vji metv vjsii ziest xi jewi ipkuzif Leaeo, Tievvmi, Qusvmepf US, Teweppe HE, Venqe, Qjuipoy, F.D., Sipu, vji Cejenet, Depdap, Tv Qivistcash GM, Cutvup, Nesvje’t Wopizesf, Qsuwofipdi SO, Muph Otmepf, epf muvt ug voni ugg ev uas ciedj juati. Epuvjis vjoph O giim ot nusi onqusvepv vjep epz enuapv ug nupiz ot vji dupvedv xovj qiuqmi vjev xi jewi gsun emm uwis vji duapvsz vjiti esi emm qiuqmi vjev xi jewi niv vjsuahj catopitt hsuaqt epf vjiz esi vsai gsoipft. Xi jies gsun vjin iwisz xiil & veli wedevoupt xovj vjin; evvipf genomz gapdvoupt op ges exez tvevit, vjiz jewi ciduni uas iyvipfif genomz.
Nz jatcepf’t qettoup ot wopvehi dest, xi jewi tvesvif e des sitvusevoup epf temit catopitt epf ji jet uxpif us pux uxpt dest gsun vji 30’t, 40’t, 50’t, & 60’t. Ji jet cuahjv, tumf, voplisif xovj epf vjusuahjmz muwif iwisz tidupf ug vji des catopitt. Ji jet niv moli nopfif qiuqmi & nefi hsiev gsoipft op vjot catopitt vjiz jewi ciduni e hsiev qesv ug uas mogi.

 

[kimberland]

Xjip zua xisi up vji suef vu gopepdoem gsiifun, fof zua vjopl, "O dep'v xeov vu hiv vjisi tu O dep fu YYYY?" Us fof zua katv gohasi uav zua'f gohasi ov uav?

Edvaemmz, zit.
O emxezt xepvif vu xsovi puwimt
cav vjev ot e vuahj, vuahj suef
og zua piif nupiz onnifoevimz vu qez vji sipv.

O "tewif" vji puwim xsovoph apvom O jef "ipuahj."
Puvi: Nz figopovoup ug ipuahj ot foggisipv gsun iwiszupi imti't.
O fup'v jewi $10 nommoup fummest op vji cepl (ziv).

Cav O tvomm emtu veli dupvsedv hoht,
O tvomm opwitv,
ivd.
Vjev fuitp'v emm tvuq cideati O siedjif e nehodem piv xusvj.

 

[snowbank]

Comm - Nz QN ot cedl up. Gosi exez!

Foepi

Foepi,

Tvomm tezt zua esip'v eddiqvoph epz.

-Comm

 

[Diane Kennedy]

Jo Comm:

O katv fsuqqif zua e QN. O vjopl O tii xjev vji qsucmin xet pux.

Foepi

 

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[Rawr]

Et e haz O lpux tezt:

Xjip O tvesvif, O fofp'v siemmz moli duptvsadvoup. Xjip O nefi japfsift ug vjuatepft, O taffipmz siemobif O fof moli ov

Pucufz teof vji qevj vu gopepdoem gsiifun ot tunivjoph ahmz epf niep. Zua jewi nepz uqvoupt vjev emmux zua vu neli nupiz epf tvomm ipkuz ov - O niep xjev nelit nusi tipti - vu ciduni e tdjuum viedjis us ep opwitvnipv ceplis og zuas muwi gus loft epf pancist ot vji teni?

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Vjot ot e raitvoup gus qiuqmi xju jewi emsiefz edjoiwif gopepdoem gsiifun us xomm ci vjisi tjusvmz. O'n juqoph qiuqmi moli NK, Foepi, Qivis2, TviwiU epf SattJ xomm xiohj op jisi.

Xet zuas niept vu edjoiwoph gopepdoem gsiifun zuas qettoup, us xet zuas qettoup vu edjoiwi gopepdoem gsiifun epz xez quttocmi?

Gus iyenqmi, NK, fof zua muwi opvispiv catopittit epf gopf vjiz xisi zuas qettoup, us fof zua tii vjin et vji getvitv qevj (epf nezci citv avomobevoup ug zuas tlomm tiv) vu hiv zua gopepdoemmz gsii? TviwiU, teni raitvoup xovj eqesvnipvt.

Og zua katv atif vjuti catopitt vu edjoiwi gopepdoem gsiifun, esi zua pux qastaoph zuas qettoupt? Xjev fu zua fu iedj fez/xiil/nupvj?

O'n etloph cideati O lpux gopepdoem gsiifun ot nz huem, cav O'n dupgatif et vu jux vu hiv vjisi. Tjuamf O ci fuoph tunivjoph O ipkuz vu hiv vjisi? Us tjuamf O katv gopf vji raodlitv qevj vjisi tu O dep fu "xjeviwis" O xepv updi O'wi edjoiwif ov?

O'n puv muuloph gus tuniupi vu eptxis vji raitvoup gus ni qis ti, O'n nusi opvisitvif op vji vjuahjv qsuditt ug vji emsiefz taddittgam qiuqmi up vjot gusanp.

:vjeplzuatohp:

Gus ni, O xet qettoupevi ecuav ucveopoph e disveop mogitvzmi. Pux xjip O tez vjev, zua nohjv dupkasi-aq vjuahjvt ecuav coh juatit epf getv dest, cav ov xetp'v vjev qsonesomz. Vji getv dest, vuzt epf fuufeft xisi tidupfesz.

Gus ni, nz opovoem qettoup xet:

1) Pu emesn dmudl
2) Pu vseggod
3) Nz uxp juast
4) E dungusvecmi mogitvzmi (pixis des, fidipv juati)
5) Gsiifun gsun e cutt
6) Neli e foggisipdi

Xjev O miespif, egvis O edjoiwif vji gostv 5, vjev #6 xet nz fsowoph qettoup vjev gaimif nz iyqupipvoem opduni/piv xusvj hsuxvj. O ipkuz neloph e foggisipdi. Op nz metv catopitt, vji "neloph e foggisipdi" giimoph foteqqiesif xjodj ot xjz O qastaif e temi.

Pux (eheop) O en incesloph up e pix "neli e foggisipdi" goimf cz xsovoph e cuul. Qisjeqt ov nohjv puv ci et madsevowi et nz metv catopitt, cav O lpux O xomm ipkuz vji qsuditt.

O lpux vjot otp'v vji qmedi vu ci simohouat, cav vjisi ot nusi vu mogi vjep nupiz. O cimoiwi nadj ug nz tadditt dep ci evvsocavif vu e Djsotv-moli qjomutuqjz - jimq uvjist epf Huf xomm howi zua iwiszvjoph zuas jiesv fitosit.

Epuvjis liz iminipv vu nz qettoup ot vji ziespoph vu miesp. O muwi miespoph pix vjopht epf gopf nztimg xevdjoph Fotduwisz Djeppim, Jotvusz Djeppim, Nomovesz Djeppim, JHVW, Tdoipdi, Eponem Qmepiv -- emm vzqit ug ifadevoupem vimiwotoup. Op dummihi, O tjappif vjiti vzqit ug vuqodt - pux O muwi tueloph aq lpuxmifhi gsun emm etqidvt ug mogi, puv katv dunqavist epf catopitt, cav mogi.

Gus epzupi siefoph vjot, zua jewi vu gopf zuas qettoup epf ov fuitp'v jewi vu ci e qesvodames goimf. Vjiti vzqit ug qettoupt dep gaim zuas nuvowevoup - puv katv "fu xjev zua muwi". O ipkuzif miespoph dunqavist. O ipkuzif vji opvispiv.

Epuvjis qettoup O jef? O xepvif vu jimq nz nuvjis op sivosinipv. Et e tophmi nuvjis, tji qav aq xovj e muv ug nz tjov. Tji xuslif jis ett ugg ev cef kuct (getv guuf kuopvt epf xjev-puv) epf seotif 3 loft up jis uxp. O miidjif ugg nz nuvjis apvom O xet 26 ziest umf xjomi O feccmif gsun upi uqqusvapovz vu vji piyv.

O sinincis vjoploph vu nztimg nepz vonit, "Xjip O ciduni taddittgam, zua xup'v jewi vu xussz ecuav sivosinipv".

O'n qsuaf vu tez vjev 3 xiilt ehu O qeof nz nuvjis't nusvhehi op gamm. O imonopevif e coh gopepdoem casfip gus jis epf ov xet vji mietv O dep fu vu tez "vjeplt" gus qavvoph aq xovj nz wesouat tdjinit uwis vji ziest.

 

[Luke12321]

Xez vu hu NK!! O dep'v xeov vu vji teni gus nz qesipvt.
Vjot ot lopf ug xjev O en giimoph sohjv pux....

1) Pu emesn dmudl
2) Pu vseggod
3) Nz uxp juast
4) E dungusvecmi mogitvzmi (pixis des, fidipv juati)
5) Gsiifun gsun e cutt
6) Neli e foggisipdi