What Is Financial Freedom?

You know how I get with my single-minded enthusiasms and dreams. Ever since I got a really great job, the current obsession has been the spreadsheet on which I track my financial projections and near-future milestones. In acknowledgement of life's unpredictability, I named it Unhatched Chickens, which I am counting. As of now, I have acheived many of the milestones. My objective is in sight.

The objective is not slavery to money, but financial freedom. I define this as the minimization of having to think about money. ( Read more... )

On a related note: JoCo has a talent for characterizing the desolatation that results from thoughtless and unimaginative definitions of "success". A reminder of the similarity of white picket fences to vampire teeth, sucking out life.

Jonathan Coulton, "Shop Vac" (MP3 link) ( Lyrics sample. )