Body Building, the Newbie and Financial Freedom

I’m writing about Body Building, the Newbie and Financial Freedom. Read this and you will create that break through you need for your financial freedom, or body building…you’ll see.

I have a free gym membership and I’ve used it as many people who get a great deal with one downpayment and free access for life. I stopped going!

Now, there were many reasons that I made up about not going but in the end I decided that in 2024 I would be going to the gym again, at least 2 times a week.

Now, so far I have gone twice, not in the same week but that’s a great start right? And I went both times with my husband Jomel, on Saturday morning. He’s been body building for almost 40 years now and has the muscles to prove it. I went with him yesterday and we did “shoulders”.

Well, today I discovered when I decided to bounce up and down with my loving 10 year old son Jordan that the soreness in my body is concentrated in my chest. I actually had to ask my body building husband Jomel if the muscles that were sore were my chest because the are right in front of my shoulder near my armpit.

So I went to work out my shoulders and my chest is sore. And here is where Financial Freedom comes in.

Hear me out.

My husband is a practiced extremely knowledgable body builder. He tells me we are working out our shoulders and I bet he is working out his shoulders. That’s because his chest muscles are strong enough to handle the shoulder work out.

Last week we worked our back muscles and our biceps and triceps and my forearm muscles were sore. Go figure.

The point is, just because you learn from a knowledgable and experienced person, and you do what they do even while they are right there with you, you are probably not going to get the same results. The reason is that you are a newbie, and you’ve never done anything.

So the experienced body builder is working on his shoulder muscles that require a certain amound of strength in his chest muscles, and he doesn’t realize that you might need to strengthen your chest muscles before you experience the shoulder workout.

The same thing happens when you work towards financial freedom. The experienced and wise financially free person will tell you to buy a property if it is a great deal. However, they may or may not know that you can’t even set aside money to invest or pay your everyday bills.

They have a great credit score already and zero retail debt while you have credit card bills that you can’t pay off and do not have the ability to take on anymore debt, or even have the time to broker the real estate deal.

You may have issues with your wife or husband on money problems and can’t even have a civilized conversation about spending and saving.

Here’s another example.

I help clients become financially free by starting the habit of keeping track of their Cash Flow, Networth and creating a savings habit for investing. Most find out they can’t even find the username and passwords to the bank accounts that they already have, or don’t even know if they have investments. Some have bonds from their grandparents and don’t know how to access them. They have CDs that keep renewing and they don’t know how much is in them or how to control them.

Some of my clients end up having to face marital issues or health concerns, before they can even attend meetings to actually see what thier financial situation is to begin with.

This is all normal, and it is the newbie trying to do something that they have never done before, even with the help of an expert. The key is to keep moving forward towards the goal and forgive yourself for making mistakes that newbies have to make to become financially free.

Tell your coach, teacher or mentor what you’re going through and keep doing your best. If you have to take breaks then do that, but just come back and keep going.

My lesson for body building is that I just keep going to the gym and I know I’m getting stronger.

My lesson for financial freedom is that I keep tracking and improving my Cash Flow, Networth, Financial Freedom accounts and investment income and I will become financially free.

What is your lesson? What financial muscles do you need to strengthen before you have the ability to recognize and take advantage of good deals in investing?

Write your lesson in the comments below!