ChooseFI · Monday, August 10, 2026
Page emphasizes that the most crucial aspect of her FI journey has been the mindset shift, allowing her to feel freer by earning more but maintaining a lower spending level. This shift moved her focus from desiring material possessions to valuing the freedom and different opportunities FI provides.
“But honestly, the mindset shift. I have lived on $30,000 and earned $30,000 and that feels a certain way. But earning more, but still living on 30, I feel so much freer.”
“And I can't really describe that feeling other than to say this FI journey sort of set me free of a lot of those feelings of like, "Oh, how come I can't have those things and why can't I?"”
“Now it's like, "Why would I want those things?" I'm getting something else.”