Financial Freedom

Financial Freedom?

A friend of mine has started a blog with the steps to his financial freedom Financial Freedom - it makes for a pretty interesting read. His plan is to log all of his attempts and his successes and his failures. Wish I had the nerve to do the things he is trying to do. But as he states, we get so bogged down in the conventional and normal that we get stuck.

And thats exactly what I am, stuck. Stuck in a job where I am someone else's employee and how much money I make is dependent on internet reliability, computer reliability, how many days the doctors take off, holidays, etc.

Currently I'm not even able to make ends meet and by making payment arrangements to keep my internet and things like that up and running just so i can continue the same vicious cycle, i'm getting more behind in other areas .... etc... ad nauseum.

What irks me the most? I dont make enough to care for myself or feed myself properly, I dont make enough to have any kind of social life (other than via the internet - but is that a real social life with real life people stimulation? NO), go out with friends, go out to eat, just go cruise around and find some new scenery, let alone go someplace nice with someone special, or just go visit family, etc... but I make just a smidge too much to qualify for financial aide, and by only like $300 a month or less. I dont qualify for medicaid, i dont qualify for food stamps, and i dont qualify for any other type of assistance... oh unless i get pregnant... then they are ALL for helping me out.

What kind of world do we live in where the government is abdicating procreation for the sake of financial aide? I mean, I'd love to have a baby, love to have a child of my own (barring the complications of the 5 miscarriages i've had in the past 3 years, and 1 twelve years ago), but I'm not about to get pregnant just so i can get money to feed myself, and health insurance, and financial assistance to pay my daily bills to keep a roof over my head ... I mean for real?

What really sticks in my craw is that there are people who are barely US citizens if not illegal aliens who come to our country just because this funding is available and they find every loophole there is and abuse it til there is nothing left for people like me who are actually TRYING to make an honest living and only need just a little boost, just get me over that hump and set me on the right path and i'm good to go.