Most of us imagine a life of prosperity. Some of us are making moves to get there. As confident as we may be that we will make it we also need to also be honest with ourselves and accept the fact that we will be working for a good long while before we make it. Our happiness during the majority of this time depends on how much we NEED the job to get by. When someone does not NEED a job there is a different energy about them. On a subconscious level that person navigates life as if on another level. On that same subconscious level, people perceive and treat that person differently. By lightening our financial burdens we can become that person and reap the benefits as well as have peace while we are still working-class.

In my professional experience I have met people who were obviously in good shape with money (high proportion of disposable income or spending power). How can those be obvious in a world where most people lived off of credit cards? The ones truly in good shape carried themselves with less worry and saw the job as a mutually beneficial arrangement rather than submission to a corporate slave master.

People that could not survive without a paycheck lived in fear, a fear that could be sensed. They are highly cautious, show stress and are generally overly concerned with pleasing the person sitting one rung higher on the ladder. These same people seem to be the ones that work the most overtime, receive the most pressure from their managers and are always in the hot seat. However, this energy they carry with them seems to attract the heat. I have even experienced offices where heads of households with children seem to have it the worst. The more they NEED the job, the more the job abuses them.

On the other hand, the ones in good shape don’t see their job as their master. They don’t complain as much because their job is optional as far as their immediate short term life is concerned. They get along better with their managers. It’s almost as if this energy about them gets them more respect. It is understood that they they don’t NEED the job. Generally, they are subconsciously accepted as a higher class than their peers by everyone in that environment.

We should be motivated to elevate our financial condition in order to live with less stress and less hatred toward having to be employed. Let’s adjust our finances and reduce our debt. The less we need the next paycheck to cover our expenses the less stress we feel overall and this allows an easier life as we continue to work towards our ultimate goal of complete financial independence.