One of the greater takeaways from primary school was the knowledge of the 7 key questions - Why What When Who Where How and How Much? Of these, I believe "Why" would be the most important question, especially when you embark on an endeavor of any sort. "Why" creates the motivation and provides the cornerstone foundations for the pursuit of any goal or dream. If your reasons for doing so are strong enough, naturally motivation wanes and one would almost always fall short of arriving at the finishing line. Thus before one begins any journey or endeavor, I would recommend examining your reasons behind doing so, lest you put in a hard shift of wasted effort. My own reasons behind pursuing financial freedom? Simple, I subscribe to the notion of a competent man, where: "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a ......