Why? Let's start with the obvious, financially, it's significant in a time where hyperinflation is rearing its ugly face. Have you been getting the same percentage raise as the handyman you must call to fix X Y or Z? Both materials and wages have skyrocketed in the last year, and the projection seems not to be slowing down. So what do you do? Bite the bullet, not go on that vacation you were hoping for, sell your car, move into a more affordable place (let me know when you find that deal!). No, what you do is you fix whatever it is, and I mean WHATEVER IT IS yourself! I'm going to link a blog post from many a year ago, so I don't have to go into its finances because I want to go into the behavioral side of it on this post. http://livethe.moneylife.us/2015/03/diy-and-why.html By the way, I did touch on the EGO and behavioral side even back then, 7 years ago. So let's dive even further into it now that I have 7 years of DIY, and there really isn't a lot that I ...
Financial Freedominzing using the principles of Five Years From Now FYFN and Financial Independence Retire Rich FIRR