By Phillippe Jackson
April 20, 2018
Here I am, approaching 30, with a wife and a growing family. It seems like no matter how hard I work, or how much family time I sacrifice, I am getting no where in life. I feel like I have made progress. However, I am disappointed that I find my self in the same everyday routine feeling stuck. My money is tight and it seems that everybody wants what I worked so hard to get. I look at my paystub and others take their cut before it’s passed down to me. I’m left with scraps while everyone else seems to be enjoying their meal. I want, but I cannot have. I need, but it’s out of reach. I save, but something always comes up. I am broke and I’m pissed.
Can you relate?
If you haven’t felt the financial strain coming from the cold, hard grip of reality, then consider yourself lucky. Debt.com reported this year that in 2017 about 49% of Americans are “concerned, anxious or fearful about their current financial well-being”. I must admit that I am among this crowd.
Then there’s another crowd not mention. A crowd that seems to be indifferent to what is going on. The individuals in this crowd have found a way to financial freedom. They broke free of there 9-5 hamster wheel and are living their lives the way they see fit. Now I ask myself, why am I broke and pissed and not in this crowd.
Money scare. The fear of not having money is what Robert Kiyosaki teaches in his book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. This fear keeps us on the same hamster wheel day in and day out. As if the wheel was connected to a bomb and if we stop running our lives would be destroyed. This book is one of the first titles I picked up in my search of financial answers. This resource has opened up my mind to a new line of thought and challenged my way of thinking concerning my finances.
After expanding my knowledge from the help of Mr. Kiyosaki and some self reflecting, I realized that my financial freedom is being prevented by none other than me. Now I am even more pissed because I found out that it was that s.o.b. in the mirror who has kept me on this hamster wheel. I let my expenses get the better of me with no attempt on building up my cash flow. I let myself stay financially illiterate. I have been misusing two of my most important assets. My brain and my time. With help from a paradigm shift, I can finally start breaking free from the rat race.
The goal is to strengthen your brain by becoming financially literate and raising your financial IQ. Learn the things that they never taught in school. Utilize your time by finding ways to invest into assets.
Yes I’m broke, but being broke is temporary. Being pissed about it isn’t going to improve my situation but it does drive me to better my situation. Needless to say I’m broke and pissed and on a mission. There is a wealth of knowledge in the world and with today’s technology it is at our fingertips. Information is today’s hottest commodity. I’m here to harvest that vital knowledge and share it with everyone I know and use it myself to reach my goal.
My Mission: Financial Freedom!
