The term “financial freedom” gets tossed around a lot.  It means different things to different people.  I’ve heard people consider living debt-free to be financial freedom.  The most common definition I run across, though, is “having enough money to do what I want with my life.” 

Often the context is that we do what we “have to” now, in order to make money.  Once the money is in the bank, we can pursue our true passions and purpose.

But what if pursuing our true passions and doing what we want with our lives NOW is the key to making money?

It all goes back to solving the problem by living the solution in the present moment.  So often, I hear from my clients what they need to do first, before they can build the business of their dreams, before they can find fulfillment, before they can create the life they want.  They impose conditions on themselves, many of which are financial.  When a certain amount of money is in the bank, when their kids are out of college, when they can officially retire … THEN the money will be there and THEN they’ll pursue their dreams.

I’ve watched many of these “money now, fulfillment and purpose later” plans fail, or get delayed … and delayed … and delayed.  At a certain point in our spiritual evolution, separating “practical” money-making from who we are and our authentic self-expression leads to just one thing: lack.

Of course digging up our deepest desire and creating a business, putting ourselves out there and asking the world to ACKNOWLEDGE OUR VALUE is a scary thing.  There is no purpose-based spiritpreneur who doesn’t feel that fear every time they expand their business (and yes, that includes yours truly!).  But when others begin investing in themselves through your work … well, it doesn’t get any better than that.

I’d like to offer up a new definition of financial freedom: Knowing that you can at all times make money doing exactly what you want, the way you want.

Financial freedom is knowing that if you want to work twenty hours a week and be at home with your kids, you can do that.  Financial freedom is knowing that if you want to travel the world and get paid for it, you can do that.

Financial freedom is knowing that, no matter how you want to live your life, you can start doing so right now.  All you have to do is monetize the life you want so that it serves others, and stand authentically in your value.

As we evolve and our Soul’s vibration rate rises, we can only manifest what is authentic.  If how you are currently seeking to make money isn’t truly what you want – if you don’t really want to find that next job, if you are playing far too small in your business, or if you are stuck in a brand or a niche that doesn’t fit – money will not manifest.

Financial freedom is only one authentic choice away.

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