Flickr Image by David Salafia I was again reminded of the never ending balance between today’s wants and tomorrow’s needs in my journey towards financial freedom. One of my co-workers informed me that her older sibling had passed away suddenly after suffering a massive heart attack at a relatively young age of mid 30s. He left a spouse and two children. We have talked a lot about the principles of financial freedom:

• Live within your means
• Save and invest
• Grow your means
• Protect your means

These principles help one to manage the trade-offs that we inevitably encounter in our path towards financial freedom. A recurring topic that comes to me as I ponder about the trade-off between saving and living a simple and frugal life against the fact that I may not be able to enjoy it if my lifespan is cut short by unpredictable events. Balance I recently finished the book ... Read the full article →