2013年03月09日

突然想到：常看到人们提到财务自由，感觉上多数人认为财务自由主要取决于财富的拥有量，似乎到了一定量就可以自由了似的。其实，个人观点，财务是否自由未必和自己的拥有量有那么大的关系，尤其是对那些已经拥有不少财富的人们来说。我自己的定义是：当不为钱做自己不愿做的事情的时候，其实就已经拥有了财务自由了。

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March 9, 2013

> By Duan Yongping · his NetEase blog (nteswjq.blog.163.com, now closed; read from web archives) · 2013-03-10 · [Original link](http://nteswjq.blog.163.com/blog/static/1269981201321031947126/) ([archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130313125458/http://nteswjq.blog.163.com:80/blog/static/1269981201321031947126/))

It suddenly occurred to me:

I often see people mention financial freedom, and it seems most people think financial freedom depends mainly on how much wealth you have, as if you become free once you reach a certain amount.

Actually, in my personal view, whether you're financially free may not have that much to do with how much you have, especially for people who already have quite a lot of wealth.

My own definition is: when you don't do things you don't want to do for the sake of money, you already have financial freedom.

Then you'll find that many people who aren't that rich can be very happy, because they're doing what they want to do. You'll also find that some very rich people actually aren't very happy, because every day they still have to do many things they don't want to do.