The Price of Freedom

Financial freedom isn't about the money you make, it's about the person you become

while fighting for it. I used to lie awake at three AM,

chest tight, replaying every bad decision like a broken record. Bills piled up.

Relationships felt distant because I couldn't be present. I couldn't be present when my

mind was drowning in numbers. I avoided conversations about the future because I didn't

believe I had one worth talking about. Then something shifted. I stopped waiting

for rescue and started asking better questions. I found people who'd walked this

path, learned what I didn't know, celebrated paying off fifty dollars.