What is Financial Independence? 

There is a stark difference between those who focus on Financial Independence (FI) and those that don't. This difference isn't in lifestyle, income, possessions, or career, but rather a difference in their priorities. Those who have achieved FI (or those working toward it) have one distinct difference in their priorities from those who are not focused on FI:  

Their #1 Priority is FREEDOM

Freedom is the ability to do what you want, where you want, when you want, how you want, with whom you want. Those who value Financial Independence care about Freedom more than money and security. They know that Freedom will allow them to do what they were made to do, using their strengths, gifts, and interests in a way that is unique only to them. For some, that's starting a business or nonprofit that will impact the world, for others that's spending more time with their family and being the parent they never had, and for still others it's...