Goal Setting / Priorities

[Simon A.]

Hi,

I would need your opinions about following issue.

I know that I want to be financialy independent, but I also want to live somewhere, where is a good weather. I know that you can get financialy independent everywhere, but I have already my CeMAP examination in Scotland, future offshore job opportunities ( I study engineering) in Scotland. However, the weather sucks.

What would you recommend please ? Do you have the same issues that you are not sure what your priorities are ?

Thank you

[Jerome Harrod II]

Hi Simon,

I'm kinda confused on what issue you're asking for an opinion in exactly, could you help me out by saying your question in another way?

If I said that, you are trying to decide between leaving Scotland or Not before becoming financially independent, would that be a right guess?

If that is a right guess, then I have an opinion. I would say Needs come before Wants.
I would suggest that you would, Suffer through the sucky weather a little while longer using you're engineering job to support whatever you're doing to become financially independent. Then, once actually financially independent then move to a country or state with weather you love. 

Financial Independence, to me, is the freedom of all debt and freedom from needing a 9-to-5 job to survive. So you have two goals to work towards.
First, free yourself from debt by creating a strategy in paying it off, "I will teach you to be rich by Ramit Sethi" is THE BOOK to read on that. 
Second, free yourself from needing that engineering job to live, that's where you're real estate business or whatever your doing comes in. 

That's just my 2cents, I hope that helps out.