· Chapter Eight ·
BE FINANCIALLY FLEXIBLE
The American Paradox:
More than ever, we at the end of the last century were finding ourselves with big houses and broken homes, high incomes and low morale . . . We were excelling at making a living but too often failing at making a life. We celebrated our prosperity but yearned for purpose. We cherished our freedoms but longed for connection. In an age of plenty, we were feeling spiritual hunger.
—DAVID MYERS
The Gig Economy requires us to reconsider how we think about money. A high fixed-cost lifestyle financed with debt might be sustainable (although not ideal) in an economy of steady paychecks and long-term secure jobs, but we don’t live in that world anymore. No job is secure, and we can expect ...
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