For most of my 30s, I thought financial freedom meant hitting a number — like, once I had $500K in the bank, I’d magically feel secure. But that number kept moving. And I never actually felt “free.” The real moment came on a random Tuesday. I was sitting in my car outside a CVS, holding a $14.99 vitamin bottle I didn’t really need, and realized I was trying to spend my way out of stress. Again. I returned the bottle. Drove home. Logged into all my accounts. For the first time in years, I looked at the actual truth of my money — what I owed, what I had, what I was pretending not to see. It wasn’t pretty. But it was a beginning. I stopped chasing a number. I started chasing peace. Financial freedom, for me, now looks like: 📌 knowing what I have 📌 saying no without guilt 📌 and sleeping without checking my bank app in the dark I used to think money would save me. Now I know — clarity did. #Finance #MakeMoney #FinancialFreedom