The Journey to Freedom Begins With a Single Step

My pay gets in this week. Sounds like a celebration waiting to happen doesn't it? Long awaited wants can finally be enjoyed. Dinners. Movies. Clothes. Shoes. The list goes on. I'm sure many of you can relate to this. Some of you may in fact be living this way still. And truthfully, I used to indulge in this for 9 years of my working life. That is until I woke up one day, realized that I only had 19mths to go before my work contract expired and then I'll be jobless. Yup, that's it. No more "Dinners. Movies. Clothes. Shoes." Zilch! Unless I get a job that'll pay well enough to maintain my current lifestyle. And you know what's scary about this? The fact that I was dead broke. And life for me was about to be rebooted at the age of 30. The age where people were already in the prime of their career, settling down, having families, getting a house. But not me. Nope. I, on the other hand, would be just starting my career proper. A scary thought indeed.

Well, time has passed since my shockingly epiphanic moment and I've another 14 mths to go before I leave. Lots have changed. The biggest being how my finances are managed now. And how I've put together a portfolio that has not made me my first million regrettably but has allowed me to feel much better about myself when I finally leave in October next year to face the unknown world. And that is what I will be blogging about. Hoping that my experiences will help you especially those of you who are in or in future will be in the same situation as myself. Now I can't promise that I'll show you the road to being rich. But I do believe, that with discipline and time, what I'm doing will bring me more stability and allow me to retire old and happy to spend time with my loved ones without worry of tomorrow.

A famous quote goes like this, "A wise man learns from his mistakes. A wiser man learns from the mistakes of others."

I hope you'll find your happiness, your freedom. And if anything, I hope you take away something of value to you from my sharing. Good luck in your future and God bless.

Sincerely,

~K