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What comes first is trying to figure out your sense of purpose, identity and connections.

Once you have an idea of what your sense of purpose is, then you can move back to building a financial framework that supports that.

And to me that's actually the real meaning of financial independence. It's not a number.

It's this idea that I can figure out what makes me feel good and purposeful in life and pursue that.

And then use money to support that pursuit.

Growing wealth while supporting your family isn't easy, but with a well-crafted plan, you can take on anything.

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Hey everyone, I'm Jean Chatsky. Thank you so much for joining me today on her money.

I have a couple of questions for all of you and just a warning, they are big ones.

Have you ever wondered how you'll look back on your life when you're at the end of it?

Do you think you'll be happy with the choices that you've made regarding your career, your relationships and your money?

Is there anything you might regret?

Look, it can feel pretty impossible to know the answers to these questions right now.

But these are the kinds of questions we should be asking when we think about living a fulfilling life.

We want to know that we've left the world a little bit better off than it was when we came into it.

But sometimes we feel stuck and more and more people are saying they are not happy.

For example, with their jobs, Gallup found 60% of people feel emotionally detached at work.

19% say they are miserable.

Inflation is still cutting into our paychecks and credit card balances are at a record high.

65% of people feel that their financial difficulties are piling up so high they can't overcome them.

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