SALARY FAN ON BLAST — TIPS FOR FINANCIAL FREEDOM IN A TIME OF JOB UNCERTAINTIES, LOW INCOME, AND WELCOMING YOUR 30’S OR 40’S

Undine Duke
5 min readMar 21, 2021

Financial Freedom / By evirtual@hub (This blog contains affiliate links)

Someone counting money
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I just got paid. Where did my salary go?

Sounds familiar.

Similarly, was my salary paid in front of a fan it just blows straight out the door?

In fact, we work hard and pay our dues, but still can’t seem to rub two straws together properly when the month ends.

Equally so, all of these thoughts and feelings ring true because we have not found our financial freedom.

WHAT IS FINANCIAL FREEDOM?

Financial freedom is not having to worry about the financial fallout of your life choices or decisions. Likewise, you possess enough savings, investments, and cash to enjoy such a feeling.

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WHAT DOES BEING FINANCIALLY FREE-LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?

If you had the opportunity to become financially free today, what will that look like?

What images come to mind and how does it make you feel?

By all means, these images take us to a place of happiness and fulfilment but during this time of uncertainty becoming financially free seems impossible.

Although this statement may be true for some, it does not necessarily have to be true for you.

With this in mind, I aim to share five simple tips that can take you towards your financial freedom.

5 TIPS TO KICK START YOUR FINANCIAL FREEDOM

INVEST IN YOURSELF –

Yes, yes! I know you may be thinking — I need tips to help me make money.

Notably so, but this is equally important, and a good step to ensuring you have a strong financial future.

It is important to realize that learning a skill, at this time, can leverage your abilities thereby putting you in a position for better financial standing. Also based on your learned skill set you can secure passive income regularly.

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No matter your age or background it is never too late to learn something new. You will be amazed to see what a marketable skill can do for you.

BECOME THE BOSS –

O! My goodness, how good will it feel to run your own show?

By all means, then, take the skill you just learned and turn it into a part-time job.

Even though becoming your own boss and starting a part-time business may seem scary. It can certainly challenge, motivate and give you the confidence currently missing from your life.

Not to mention, you will have the opportunity to secure an additional salary (income streams) thereby allowing you to pay yourself first (SAVE) — which is yet another step to becoming financially free.

In fact, you can support yourself in a manner that makes you comfortable at this point in your life.

UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY –

Use the technology available to start your business.

Starting an online business is fast and affordable and there are different business models you can consider.

Also, it can be a way to earn passive income, once you set-up correctly.

SOME ONLINE BUSINESS POSSIBILITIES ARE:

AFFILIATE MARKETING

Is the process of earning a commission by promoting a company’s products or service.

These can be products or services that you swear by or have recently purchased.

Likewise, if your customer makes a purchase based on your recommendation, you will receive a commission from the sale.

Affiliate marketing can be rewarding because you are providing beneficial recommendations to others and receiving passive income because of it.

BUSINESS COACHING

Do you have a flare to guide others, or can youclearly see and determine what vision someone is trying to portray?

Those are just a couple of qualities of a business coach.

Imagine starting your own online consultancy as a coach helping new startups move from point A to B.

How rewarding will that feel?

BLOGGING

Your views and ideas are important, which can be of great value to someone.

Blogging gets your views and ideas out there to support and add value to someone’s life.

It’s claimed that blogging can be a lucrative business once done well it can provide you with passive income.

E-LEARNING

The art of learning will never become outdated and technology has now added a new dimension to it all.

Do you believe that you have valuable material or knowledge to share?

If so, get cracking and pull out your creativity, design an e-learning module, course, quiz, or segment. The sky is the limit with these things.

SELL YOUR PRODUCT/SERVICE

What good quality craftsmanship, design, or product you have cooped up inside you.

Pull it out, dust it off and get it on eBay, Amazon, or even your own site or social media.

You are wasting away valuable ideas, options to get you off the ground to your financial future.

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF –

Successful individuals don’t use words like: “I can’t” and they don’t run away when things get rough.

Similarly, you need to Believe in yourself and affirm that you can accomplish your financial freedom.

Likewise, take the time to understand what being financially free really means to you and write it down, review it at least three times a day. Live it, breathe it, make it a part of you.

Manifest it, imagine yourself being financially free and hold firm to that image as you go forward.

Moreover, do not let fear — false evidence appearing real, or obstacles dictate your future.

Furthermore, remember “You have greatness in you”Les Brown, and one of the ways for you to become financially free is by believing that you can be financially free.

TAKE A RISK –

As a matter of fact, what’s life without risk?

Robert Kiyosaki said, “If you don’t take a risk you aren’t going to be successful.”

Then, take a risk, invest in yourself, start an online business.

At this point, what do you have to lose?

Robert Kiyosaki — financially freedom and risk taking

Robert Kiyosaki speaking about financial freedom and risk-taking

FINANCIALLY FREE CONCLUDE

All things considered, we have the tools, abilities, and instruments at our disposal to go out there and obtain what we desire. However, our biggest obstacle is ourselves and the perception of fear in our lives.

I have also been my biggest obstacle for a long time, but I took drastic steps to correct it.

As a result, my salary fan is not on full blast anymore, because after all the goal is to be financially free.

“Go as far as you can see and you will see further.”

Zig Ziglar

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Undine Duke

I'm passionate about progression and moving beyond my comfort zone. In light of this, I started an online business which has been an exuberating feeling.