Comments on: Achieving Financial Freedom Is Simple, But Not Easy http://www.doughroller.net/personal-finance/achieving-financial-freedom-is-simple-but-not-easy/ Money Management and Personal Finance | The Dough Roller Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:44:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 50 Ways to Make Money Blogging | The Dough Blogger http://www.doughroller.net/personal-finance/achieving-financial-freedom-is-simple-but-not-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-31383 50 Ways to Make Money Blogging | The Dough Blogger Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:01:15 +0000 http://www.doughroller.net/2007/10/31/achieving-financial-freedom-is-simple-but-not-easy/#comment-31383 [...] wrote an article last year arguing that attaining financial freedom is simple, but not easy. It’s simple in that all one needs is to earn a reasonable income, live below their means, [...] [...] wrote an article last year arguing that attaining financial freedom is simple, but not easy. It’s simple in that all one needs is to earn a reasonable income, live below their means, [...]

]]> By: Monevator http://www.doughroller.net/personal-finance/achieving-financial-freedom-is-simple-but-not-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-18866 Monevator Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:41:46 +0000 http://www.doughroller.net/2007/10/31/achieving-financial-freedom-is-simple-but-not-easy/#comment-18866 Absolutely right DR. Everything that looks easy but few people achieve is the same - saving and investing money, writing a novel, asking your first girlfriend out, or telling your parents you love them, all the same. If it was easy, everyone would do it. Absolutely right DR. Everything that looks easy but few people achieve is the same – saving and investing money, writing a novel, asking your first girlfriend out, or telling your parents you love them, all the same.

If it was easy, everyone would do it.

]]> By: Marcia Stehouwer http://www.doughroller.net/personal-finance/achieving-financial-freedom-is-simple-but-not-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-1606 Marcia Stehouwer Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:11:19 +0000 http://www.doughroller.net/2007/10/31/achieving-financial-freedom-is-simple-but-not-easy/#comment-1606 I think it would be better all around if we hammered into our brains and our kids brains that life is not easy and it is not fair. Having settled that for myself it is a lot easier to knuckle down and do the hard work required to save a little bit every day. I do without a car. I do without cable, I have a modest savings account and a modest retirement account. But I have them! And I have a life! I think it would be better all around if we hammered into our brains and our kids brains that life is not easy and it is not fair. Having settled that for myself it is a lot easier to knuckle down and do the hard work required to save a little bit every day. I do without a car. I do without cable, I have a modest savings account and a modest retirement account. But I have them! And I have a life!

]]> By: Steven http://www.doughroller.net/personal-finance/achieving-financial-freedom-is-simple-but-not-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-1573 Steven Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:31:24 +0000 http://www.doughroller.net/2007/10/31/achieving-financial-freedom-is-simple-but-not-easy/#comment-1573 I'm a sucker for buying books and magazines that have steps on the cover or in the title. My brother works for a publisher and he told me publishers love titles with 12 steps to this and 10 steps to that because it sells more magazines and books. I guess marketing departments study these things. I believe steps and goals can create unnecessary stress in your financial life. What if you miss a step? Are you doomed? What if you don't reach the magic number in retirement savings? Does that mean you have to keep on working? Steps and goals can set the bar too high. We get frustrated, we start over, we make mistakes, we quit. A friend of mine gave me the best advice regarding my financial life: Look at saving and investing as a process. And keep it simple. I did. I'm debt free and retired at 57. I’m a sucker for buying books and magazines that have steps on the cover or in the title. My brother works for a publisher and he told me publishers love titles with 12 steps to this and 10 steps to that because it sells more magazines and books. I guess marketing departments study these things.

I believe steps and goals can create unnecessary stress in your financial life. What if you miss a step? Are you doomed? What if you don’t reach the magic number in retirement savings? Does that mean you have to keep on working? Steps and goals can set the bar too high. We get frustrated, we start over, we make mistakes, we quit.

A friend of mine gave me the best advice regarding my financial life: Look at saving and investing as a process. And keep it simple.

I did. I’m debt free and retired at 57.

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