Welcome to Radical Personal Finance, a show dedicated to providing you with the knowledge, skills, insight, and encouragement you need to live a rich and meaningful life now while building a plan for financial freedom in 10 years or less.

My name is Joshua Sheetz.

Today in the show, I want to share with you, talk about a little bit about freedom in a time of coronavirus.

And I want to share with you number one, why I think the United States is a pretty good place to be right now when judged from a global perspective.

Number two, what I think will happen in the coming months and next year or two with the pandemic.

And number three, how to prepare if things actually turn worse and the United States turns into a worse place to be.

Much of my audience is based in the United States and I have spoken with many of my audience members who are quite concerned right now, concerned about decreasing freedoms in their life and lifestyle.

Many are concerned about financial pressures, new legislation brought requiring forced vaccination, requiring employers to force their employees to be vaccinated.

And many of the fines and financial pressures that come, many people are losing their jobs right now, etc.

And so there are a lot of people concerned. So I just want to give you my perspective on these topics and tell you why I think the United States is a really good place to be right now.

What I think will happen and how to prepare right now in case things get far worse because I am very concerned that things might actually get far worse than what they are right now.

I don't want to tell you what I think can and should be done.

To begin with, why do I think the USA is a pretty good place to be?

I have made the intentional choice for the moment to move my family back to the United States.

And one big reason why I chose that, not the only reason, but one big reason why I chose to do that is put simply I'm done with the pandemic.

I'm done with the pandemic. I don't understand why more people aren't done with it, but I'm done with it.

And I don't desire to live as if it's 2020 anymore. I desire to live a lifestyle of freedom.

Now, my experience is probably different than a lot of people's experiences around the world.

I have been, since the pandemic started, I think I counted on the other day, I think I've been in 10 countries.

10 different countries, some for shorter periods of time, some for extended periods of time, since the pandemic started.

And while I have made regular visits, during that time to the United States, I have not been living in the United States for any of the pandemic.

And so that's given me a different perspective on things than many other people.

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