I didn’t think I’d ever want kids.

There was so much I wanted to do/see during my life and I felt like having kids would get in the way.

Two things changed when I got to my late 30s though.

First, my wife’s sisters started having kids and I got to see how fun/crazy they are.

Second, I started accomplishing a lot of the things I had wanted to do…

I went back to school and got a graduate degree

We got to travel the world and visit 50+ countries

I built a successful business

I achieved financial independence and was able to stop working

I finally fulfilled my childhood dream of writing and releasing an album

I don’t think I would have been able to achieve a lot of those things without the 5+ years of complete freedom that FI provided.…