The Wellness Edition No.64 // Financial Independence

The other day my best friend and I met up for dinner and somehow we talked a lot about financial independence and how important it is to be financially independent in order to feel well, to have a good self-esteem and to be as independent as possible in consequence. I still know people in their 30ies and 40ies who still depend on their parents money and that certainly is a real downer in order to feel good about yourself.

We said it is best to be financially independent from family, your spouse, boyfriend because otherwise you can never be truly independent and do your own thing. Don’t get me wrong, financial help in the beginning when you are still in school or just getting started with your work life is a great thing because it takes a lot of worry of your shoulders but at a certain point it is important to become financially independent because otherwise being dependent on someone else’s finances will put a lot of worries on your shoulders.

I don’t know anyone who is in an adult age and who is still dependent on family’s finances feeling happy about it, all of the people I know in that situation are clearly unhappy and struggle with a low self-esteem because of being in that situation and I think therefore financial independence is so crucial. Because if you have not made it to make your own money at a certain age and point, it will make you suffer and lower your self-esteem.

I can tell from my own experience, when I was still dependent on money from my family, I clearly struggled a lot of feeling unworthy and incapable, also it gave me a lot of fear to never be able to make my own money because of a lack of experience in the work environment, it gave me fear of never being able to survive if i run out of the money that I was depending on and so on. But all of it changed when I realised that I can do it and that I don’t need to financially depend on anyone. Now I still don’t make enough money to live the life that I truly want to live but I am getting there for sure, it is just a matter of time, planning and hard work.

So, if you wanna do something good for you, make sure your finances don’t depend on anyone and that you are capable to make your own money. This is one of the best ego boosters ever in my opinion because it brings you so much more than just money, also freedom and feeling good about yourself.