It is an aspiration for most people to be financially free. Being financially free means being able to do what one likes without being tied down to a job that one doesn't like. This is usually achieved by having alternative sources of income that do not depend on one's job, such as dividends and rental income. However, how much does one's financial independence depends on one's health?

When one is healthy, one is able to analyse financial statements or read technical charts and make investment decisions. However, when one is unhealthy, all these take a back seat. As La Papillion pointed out in his comments to my previous blog post, financial issues are the last thing on one's mind; the first thing being spending more time with one's family and trying one's best to recover as fast as possible. Investment decisions that used to be made fairly quickly now (Read more...)