The day I decided to work toward financial independence, I immediately started to take action. I knew there were some necessary changes to reach my goal.

Since that day I have come across many people in my life and online that claim to want financial independence but aren’t willing to make modifications to their lives to get there. They scoff at using a 3 year old smart phone, continue to eat out very regularly or continue to drive a fairly new fuel-guzzling car. All of this is usually done under the guise of not wanting to miss out.

In fact, it would seem they aren’t trying to obtain financial independence at all, or they are in the fortunate position of having a high enough income, that they will attain financial independence fairly rapidly anyway.

This got me thinking…

I accepted a new job recently and got a promotion and a pay rise in the process.

Do you think it was a coincidence that shortly after changing the trajectory of my life to reach financial independence I was signing a new job offer?

Not a chance! These big changes in my life seem commonplace at the moment.

I see so many people who put their life on cruise control and just ride it out. If they are happy with their current life then that’s OK for them. However I often find that they aren’t happy – that they are people who feel like they have the least control, make excuses and in general don’t take action to improve their lives.

To anyone reading this I say: We don’t want to be like those people, we are trying to shuffle our way to financial independence. We own our lives and our choices, don’t make excuses, make the best of what we have right now and strive to reach our goal, that goal being financial independence.

That is, the independence to:

Walk away from boring and tedious workplace tasks.

Continue to work if we choose, but on our terms and with the freedom to suspend or stop altogether whenever we want.

Travel to far off places.

Spend an unlimited amount of quality time with our family and friends.

Give generously of our time to community organisations, like the RFS or SES.

Not be forced to compromise between physical, mental and social health.

Basically, live our lives however we choose.

I’m not suggesting everyone go out and try to find a new job. You may already have a great job, with people who value you and that pays well. I am however suggesting that you won’t get to where you want unless you make the changes in your life to get there.

So make things happen and make the changes needed to shuffle your way to financial independence, whether it be:

Wanting it is not enough, you have to take action to get there. So let this be a motivator to start making little changes now to reach your goal.

Shuffling my life to reach financial independence.

Pat the Shuffler

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