Thank YOU for the inspiration to write this post 🙂

Thanks for all the kind words, Mr. Mofi! Best of luck with your blog and your financial journey 🙂

Thank you so much for writing this post. It resonated with me so deeply. It also feels good to know there are others who aren’t focusing on financial independence as the end goal.
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Thanks for the inspiration for this blog post 🙂 https://fourpillarfreedom.com/should-you-quit-your-job-to-pursue-your-passion/

Haha sometimes we have to learn lessons the hard way! I’m sure they hear your words, whether they acknowledge them or not. At least you’re planting the seed 🙂

Your thoughts on early retirement, minimalism, and frugality resonate deeply with me and tend to fall in line with my life philosophy. But what about the other side of the coin— instead of focusing so much on saving money now so you can retire early, why not focus on doing what you love now and work hard to make that sustain you long-term?

I ask because I am also a creative person who tends to focus on the early retirement/minimalism/frugal spending as my path to creative freedom. But I often wonder about quitting my well-paying secure job to work at a restaurant (or a similar lower paying gig) that allows me to invest more time and energy into building a creative, fulfilling career.

Many successful creatives advocate for this route, Chase Jarvis being one of them. He talks about this often on his podcast, and I always feel a pang of insecurity whenever it is brought up. I wonder if my early retirement route feels “too safe” and that I should be willing to take a financial risk to do work that I love. Am I really a “creative” if I am unwilling to quit my full-time job to focus on my creative work? If freedom is what we seek, shouldn’t our creative passions be the way?

In the end, I think it comes down to personal preference and feeling secure in my creative work, but I would love to hear your thoughts.

That’s funny you also do that! I have been trying to do it more and more lately, just to stay in tune with what brings me happiness. I also do it for anything that make me feel unhappy, so I can be sure to do less of those things. It’s nice to hear someone is else out there practicing this habit 🙂

That’s so crazy because I do this too….on a spreadsheet and update it from time to time. Recently I finished reading this a thriller novel by David Baldacci that I read many years ago and really enjoyed. I read it again and enjoyed it as well so I may add reading novels on the list. 🙂