Financial freedom can be easy to receive, but only with the right motivation. Short term reasons that are more prideful would only lead to misery. I believe we as humans have a deep desire within us to truly care for others around, whether the little ones at home or others in our community. Even if we don’t have children of our own, most likely we want to do something big to help out the community around us.
For me, my desire is to help the foster community. Anyone who has been impacted by foster care, whether in the past or present, they are who I place my WHY and focus into becoming a better person than who I was yesterday. I go through the hard stuff so maybe they wouldn’t have to. I know what it’s like to endure through life physically alone. It’s hard and it sucks especially not having anyone to believe in you. It delays the dreams in your heart. It opens up to more overthinking. I’m an overthinker for sure. I absolutely have a need to make it clear with others. Anything in text form I have issues with because the amount of misunderstanding is off BIG TIME. It’s hard to understand anything in text form and of course here I am right now typing this in text form. My hope one day is to create more videos so YOU could understand and see my story on a deeper level than expected as well. Relationships of any kind cannot be built mainly in text form. It’s not realistic. Sometimes in text, but we are all meant for in person gathering despite how much of an introvert we are.
When we focus on our whys for creating a better life, things become easier. We must become crystal clear. The clearer we are, the more able we can be to overcome temptations and our goals to accomplish our mission, both short term and long term. If we would just say “for my kids to have a good life.” Well, I think that would end up in a failure of a plan. Define what ‘good’ means to you. What is a good life for you and your kids? What do you envision your kids to live like in the future? Do you mentally see them going to the waterpark every summer? Do you mentally see them graduating from private school or a university one day? What is your vision with a good future? Having a clear picture would help to remain focused on your goals TODAY.
So, let’s take some time to focus on the WHY today. Why is goal planning important to you? Why do you desire to have a better life? Why do you really want to experience in 5 years from now? Remember, be specific. The more you see clearly, the easier your financial journey would be.