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This Is What My Friends Who Have More Freedom than Me Do with Their Money
Freedom is time to spend or waste however you want.
I still have a long way to go when it comes to money.
As you earn more money, it’s easy for your expenses to magically increase. In my case, it’s not my expenses that are the problem — it’s my discipline.
In the old days, I would move heaven and earth to avoid paying for parking. Ask my friends. They’ll tell you how I’d walk for 60 minutes to gain access to free parking. The added benefit when you walk so far is you get a nice dose of daily exercise, along with your free rectangle of cement to park your pile of metal and four wheels on.
Yesterday, I noticed a change. I paid $14 for parking without blinking an eye. This is what I mean about financial discipline. If I stay on this path then any growth I have in financial assets like Bitcoin or Ethereum will be pointless. Why does all of this matter?
Money buys you freedom. Freedom is gaining your time back. When you have your time back, you become a secret billionaire (without the Lambo).
I have many friends who have bought their time back — who haven’t worked a traditional job or been forced to join a Zoom call to pay their mortgage for years. Some of these…
