My definition of freedom has definitely changed as I've gotten older. When I was younger and I was broke and I didn't have any money, freedom just simply meant having enough time to do whatever I wanted with my life, not being limited by money, being able to live the fullest life that I could without being restricted.

So it was this limitless idea. And that really was my thinking when I started my financial independence journey. I just need the money to get out. I just need some space. I just don't ever want to be constricted. I don't want to limit what my family can do. I don't want to limit what I can do.

I want to make the most of this one life. But interestingly, as I acquired more money, I started to change my definition of freedom. And I realized that freedom really wasn't about unlimited choices. It was just about having the ability to do what you love when you want to do it.

And those are two different things. So for me, I really struggled with this idea of how am I going to spend my time when I reach financial independence? What am I going to do? And I realized that I needed to create some limits in my life. I've realized that freedom really actually only exists within limits.