First time Investor looking for freedom

[Miguel Gonzalez]

  I’m 30 years old and I’m lucky to be alive . I’m a assitant General manager at a famous restaurant in Manhattan, I’ve had the opportunity to travel a bit and experience pretty cool moments in life  but I’ve always felt like I miss so much time with my family due to my job. I can’t get mad my hard work has  paid for everything but it’s time consuming. I’m never there on the holidays birthdays or  any special moments. I barely see  my family but especially my mother who has been sick for a long time & currently got diagnosed with non hodgeskin lymphoma. My goal is to be financially free one day so I don’t have to worry about working to pay bills and be able to spend as much time possible with her. My wife and I have been looking at ways we can make this happen but we don’t know where to start. I began with reading obtaining basic  knowledge and trying to get an idea of what we need to do. She’s has a steady job with the DOE (department of education) we both make around 160k a year combined and we have only 20k saved at the moment. I know it’s not a lot i dont have crazy depth but she does have student loans to pay. I have to really figure it out because who knows how long I have to be with my family. I will never forgive myself if anything happens. Any help or any advice would really help & I would really appreciate it. Thank you everyone Godbless