Sometimes as adults, we end up stuck in a financial loop. We are successful, and we have kids, so we bought nice things, and nice cars, and nice houses, and we have everything we need and more...but we also have to keep working hard to sustain that lifestyle.
My husband is incredibly successful in his career...but I don't think he loves it. It certainly isn't any dream of his. My job is great, and mostly fun, and I work with amazing people and help my community. I work 20 hours a week, and frankly, its a bit of a dream job...but I don't come close to making enough to support us if he didn't. Like I could pay our mortgage on my own, and that would be about it.
So that means my family is dependent on his success for our comfortable lifestyle, and that means he has a lot of pressure, and can't really even think about following a dream.
So my dream is to change that, while helping others, and being a positive role model to my teenagers and to other moms. But I don't just want to help them be healthy and feel better about themselves, I want to give them an opportunity to share that with others and contribute financially to their family. I want to help a mom that really wants to stay home but finances are pushing her back out into the work force to be able to spend those years at home with their kiddos.
What about you? Do you have the freedom? I'd love to share with you how I'm working towards it.
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