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How much of your income builds your freedom?

And how much just signals success to people you don’t even like?

You’re not careless with money. You’re paying extra for approval.

But every "status" spend raises the price of your freedom number. Quietly. Automatically.

Here’s the trap:

You think you're building a life that earns respect.

But often, you’re just locking yourself into income levels that keep you stuck.

Try this 5-minute audit:

Write down your monthly expenses.

Go line by line. Cross out anything that’s mostly for status.
Think: luxury car lease, overpriced tech tools, fancy zip code, elite subscriptions.

What’s left is your freedom baseline—the amount you’d actually need to live, if you weren’t performing successfully.

Multiply that number by 12.
That’s your real annual replacement income.
(Not the bloated figure your nervous system’s defending.)

This isn’t about shame. It’s about clarity.

Your brain treats attention like income. So when you let go of status spending, your stress drops too.

You feel lighter. More in control.

Clients run this audit and realize they can shrink their freedom number by $30K, $40K, or even $60K.

Not by downgrading their life.

By cutting costs that don’t build their future.

Repeat this quarterly.

Every round chips away at the golden handcuffs.

You’ll stop buying credibility.
And start owning your freedom.

DM GENIE, and I'll send you the link to my Career Freedom coaching system:

I help mid- to senior-level IT professionals and managers trapped in high-paying but draining roles break free from the 9–5 grind. Through my strategic Career Freedom process, clients transition into consulting, entrepreneurship, or investments by building portable, systematic side income streams — achieving greater wealth, fulfillment, and ultimate financial independence.

So you can spend less time performing success, and more actually owning it.

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