What does financial freedom mean to you?

**disneysteve** · 10-11-2010, 05:54 AM

To me, financial freedom means no longer having to work and being able to support myself and my family on our savings and investments. That doesn't mean I wouldn't work when we reached that point, just that I'd be able to do so because I wanted to, not because I had to.

**Joan.of.the.Arch** · 10-11-2010, 11:37 AM

This may be a meaningless response to you, but "financial freedom" is not a phrase I ever think of. It does not immediately strike a chord right enough or good enough for me to spend much time pondering, even though I will read all the responses here.

I do think a lot of "security" though. "Financial security," I guess.... though close to financial security is bonds with other people, because I don't think one is ever secure without the healthy, sustainable connections to other people. Even in a situation as objective as me wanting to buy what some other has, the other has to be there and has to want to sell to me. Then there are many more personal and subjective relationships that all feed into security....I guess I just mean that no one is an island. My well being really depends on others in a so many ways. And I don't think all the money in the world changes that.

**drew21close** · 10-11-2010, 08:56 PM

For me financial freedom is to be free from financial problems. To have enough resources to support myself and my family with all our needs and do pretty much anything we want to do without even thinking of how to get money or where would i get money to attain our needs and expenses.

**snshijuptr** · 10-12-2010, 09:11 AM

Financial freedom is having the choice whether to work while also being able to make all of my core monetary goals. Financial freedom means being able to pick and choose the work I do without worrying about the monetary consequences. This translates into about $2 million more than my current net worth. Thankfully, I have most of my life ahead of me.

What does financial freedom mean to you?