This is Optimal Finance Daily, episode 1052, the best and worst thing about financial independence,

part two by the Madfiantist of Madfiantist.com.

And I am Dan, I'm your host, and if you're just finding us for the first time, what we do here is we take some of the best personal finance blogs on the planet and then we put them into audio form for you and we bring you this great content seven days a week.

Now today's actually a continuation from yesterday so if you are new here it would be great to start with yesterday's episode first

but if you're all caught up and you heard

episode 1051, then let's get right to part two as we optimize your life.

The best and Worst Thing About Financial Independence, Part 2, by The Mad Fientist of Madfientist.com

Hazard of F.I. This is a potential hazard of post-F-I life. If you're unhappy when you're working

and you blame your job

doesn't have feelings, you may struggle after FI if you're still unhappy. What do you do when your biggest scapegoat disappears?

Your job doesn't have feelings, so you can blame it for all your issues and it won't care. But when your job is gone and

you start blaming your wife, your friends, or your kids instead, it's not going to go

down as well. You'll hopefully realize that those external things aren't the

reason you're unhappy, but as I mentioned before, it's very hard to do, especially when it's you that's the problem.

Thankfully, I realize now what had caused most of my unhappiness both before and after leaving work. I wasn't making progress

on these types of important projects.

The Best Thing About FI. This leads us to the best and worst things about financial independence.

They're actually the same thing. Financial independence gives you the freedom to do anything you want with your life.

Let's explore why this is good first.

The Opportunity of a Lifetime Let's explore why this is good first.

The Opportunity of a Lifetime

You don't have to worry about money and you have the time and freedom to accomplish almost

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