How Depression Kills Financial Independence

When one is in the early stages of pursuing financial independence (FI), the road can seem long and hard, with tremendous sacrifices ahead and a lot of goals to meet.  But when one has depression, there are days when anything, any goal perhaps, becomes nearly impossible.  So, to that end, I present my story of depression and financial independence.

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2020 Goals & 2019 Results

So…for the last couple of years, I’ve set goals instead of resolutions.  I said resolutions are such an absolute concept that they generally lead to disappointment, at least for me.    (Aside: if I had made some of my old resolutions this year, I would have already broken some.  This rather solidifies my reasoning.)

Each year, I like to look at last year’s goals to see where things went well and where I could improve.  After that, I like to plan out my goals for the coming year.

So, let’s move toward my 2019 results and 2020 goals.

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