The 10 things holding you back from financial independence:
You didn’t procreate mindfully On a trip a few years ago to Louisville, Kentucky we happened upon a guilty pleasure we hadn’t entertained in years — a White Castle restaurant. So we quickly veered off the road, entered the forlorn eatery and ordered an embarrassing amount of belly bombs.
Read: How to raise frugal kids as you save for early retirement and Growing up with FIRE: These adults on the path to early retirement share lessons from their frugal parents You have no interest in mastering your job Up until my mid-30s, my career was floundering. And the biggest reason for this was my attitude. I had a very elevated opinion of myself, and I thought I was too good for picking up dead animals, shoveling asphalt and cutting grass. .
There is no such thing as a menial job. There is such a thing, however, as a menial attitude. If you think you’re above certain tasks and jobs, and you half-ass every “lowly” assignment your employer gives you, it’s highly unlikely your employer will pick you for the more plum and remunerative tasks and assignments he or she has to offer. Competency begets promotions and raises. Half-assedness begets wage stagnation or worse.
You’re afraid to look poor There are two kinds of people when it comes to having a realistic shot of achieving financial independence. Those who can look rich and still maintain a high savings rate, and those who can’t look rich if they hope to maintain a high savings rate. Mrs. Groovy and I definitely fell into the latter category. We made decent money for North Carolina, but nowhere near the amount necessary to fill our lives with upper-middle-class trappings and max out our 401s.
You consume too much mainstream news Mainstream news today isn’t designed to make you a more thoughtful citizen. It’s designed to make you think the “system’s rigged,” opportunity is dead and your only hope is to give the guys and gals running Washington more control over your life. In other words, our country’s most high-powered journalists want you to be a well-mannered slave.
If you’re constantly choosing afford over enough and you’re always flirting with the carrying capacity of your paycheck, you will never save and you will never know financial independence.
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