This is Optimal Finance Daily, Episode 2362.

Do I know who I am?

Can anyone really answer that question by a LAN mascot of free to pursue.com and on your

host and personal finance enthusiast, Diana Mariam.

Welcome back to Optimal Finance Daily, where every day I read and offer commentary on some

of the best personal finance blogs on the web in about 10 minutes or less.

So with that, let's get right to it as we optimize your life.

Do I know who I am?

Can anyone really answer that question by a LAN mascot of free to pursue.com?

It's now been three years since I walked away from my job in corporate Canada.

I find it surprising that it feels like it's been so long and yet still feels so new.

I initially called the move away from demanding salary work of financial independence leap,

which it was, but I think that definition missed the point.

Living with the means to do what we want, thanks to having a lifestyle that's in line

with our means, is more than just about being able to pair bills and pay for the activities

we want to engage in.

For me, it's about being able to reclaim, rediscover even, who I am, only I didn't

know it at the time.

Do you know who I am?

The more I experience what feels like a perpetual yet constantly changing sabbatical, I realize

that the most prone to ask others, do you know who I am?

Are the ones the answer alludes most?

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