7-Steps to Fund Your Adventures, Reclaim Your Time & Live Your Dream Lifestyle
Your Freedom Path™ starts here...
I’ve spent 15 years travelling, building portable income, and chasing freedom around the world.
I’ve made 6 figures from courses, 7 figures from Amazon, and somehow managed to keep my sanity (mostly) intact.
Some of it’s been incredible. Some of it's been messy, confusing, and often “what the hell am I doing?”
Because while there are a million courses and coaches out there promising success, very few talk about what it really takes to build a life of freedom. Especially when you hit your 50s and beyond.
So I created a framework. Something simple, clear, and doable.
It’s called The FREEDOM Path™, and it’s for anyone who’s ready to build portable income, design their best life and grab this next chapter with both hands (and feet).
Let’s walk it together, one letter and step at a time.
The Freedom Path
F – FOUNDATION
Step 1: Rewire Your Beliefs and Commit to the Path
You’ve got the ideas. Maybe even the time. But something inside you keeps whispering, “Who are you to do this?”
You keep planning, researching and preparing, but never starting. Because deep down, you don’t fully believe it’s possible for you.
That self-doubt becomes a silent saboteur. You watch others move forward while you stay stuck. Years go by, your confidence drops and regret starts to creeps in.
You tell yourself you’ll begin when you’re more ready. But readiness never arrives. It’s a mirage.
You don’t need more time. You need a decision. A clear line in the sand: I’m doing this.
Start here:
Write down 3 beliefs that are keeping you stuck.
Rewrite them as stronger, more useful truths.
Block out one hour a week (minimum) for your freedom work, and protect it like your life depends on it.
Because it does.
R – RESULTS
Step 2: Define Your Freedom Vision
You want freedom, but you haven’t defined it. You’re chasing a vague idea of “more time” or “more money”, without knowing what it actually looks like day to day.
When your goal is foggy, every next step feels uncertain. You scroll Instagram, get inspired, get overwhelmed, and then… do nothing. You end up spinning your wheels or chasing shiny objects. Because there’s no clear destination pulling you forward.
Freedom gets easier when you define it clearly. You need to see it, feel it, want it.
Start here:
Write out your ideal day, from coffee to bedtime.
Ask: Where are you living? What are you doing? Who are you with?
Then clarify your freedom number. What you need every month to support your ideal lifestyle. Research it. Break it down into categories. Look at rent, food, transport, healthcare, fun. I promise, it’s often way less than you think.
This isn't fantasy. Clarity is an actionable strategy.
E – EXPERTISE
Step 3: Find Your Value and Turn It Into Something Useful
You’ve done a lot in life, but when it comes to building something online, you feel like a beginner again. You’re not sure what you could offer. You wonder if you’re even qualified.
So you hesitate. You take more courses, read more books, compare yourself to people half your age with ten times the confidence.
Meanwhile, your experience sits dormant. Unseen, unshared, unused.
You don’t need to “become” an expert. You already are one. You just need to translate that into something practical.
Start here:
List 10 things you’ve done, overcome, solved, or helped with.
Ask three people what they think you’re naturally good at.
Choose one small way to help someone else: a checklist, a template, a tip, a short call.
You don’t need credentials. You need clarity.
E – EXPRESSION
Step 4: Start Showing Up Where Your People Can Find You
You’ve got ideas. Maybe even a product. But you’re not sharing consistently. You’re overthinking the brand, the look, the niche, the name. You don’t want to be “visible” until it’s perfect.
So you post sporadically, or not at all. You lurk, plan and redesign your logo for the tenth time. But nothing’s really moving, because no one knows you’re here.
Here's what to do instead.
Pick one platform. Post one idea. Let people see you. Not the polished version, you think they want to see, the real one that makes you feel a little uncomfortable.
Start here:
Choose one home base: Substack, LinkedIn, podcast, blog.
Post a story, a tip, a lesson you’ve lived.
Do it again next week, and the week after, and the week after that. That’s how momentum builds.
You don’t need to be everywhere. You just need to be somewhere. Consistently.
D – DESIGN
Step 5: Build a Business That Works for Your Life
You start a blog. Then a YouTube channel. Then an Etsy store. Then you’re burnt out, making pennies, and wondering why this freedom thing feels more stressful than your old job.
You’ve built something, but it doesn’t fit. It drains you. It eats your time, and it pulls you away from the life you wanted, not towards it.
Instead flip the script. Choose a business model that fits your energy, lifestyle, and goals, not the latest guru trend.
Start here:
Pick a model: Services, digital products, physical products, or publishing.
Define your PQO (Prolific Quality Output). What will you create consistently, daily or weekly to grow?
Build rhythm first. Revenue follows.
Your side hustle should fit your freedom, not fight against it.
O – OPTIMISE
Step 6: Edit Your Life to Support What Matters
You’re making progress, but it’s patchy. You feel drained. Distracted. Off balance. You’re consuming more than you’re creating, and your week feels scattered.
Even when you want to focus, you’re pulled in a hundred directions, by your inbox, the news, family, comparison, clutter. You can’t build momentum in chaos.
It’s time to make space. Simplify. Clear the path.
Start here:
Look at your week. What’s working? What’s draining you?
What are you consuming — news, content, conversations — that slow you down?
Pick one thing to stop. One thing to double down on.
Your energy is your most precious resource. Guard it.
M – MOMENTUM
Step 7: Small Steps, Repeated Often
You’ve started things before. But they fizzled. You got bored, overwhelmed, distracted. Now you wonder if maybe you’re just not consistent enough. Maybe you’re not cut out for this.
The problem isn’t you. It’s your lack of rhythm. When you rely on motivation alone, everything becomes a push. You forget the goal. You stop trusting yourself and you stall.
Here's the answer. Momentum doesn’t come from doing everything. It comes from doing a few key things, repeatedly.
Start here:
Revisit your freedom vision.
Choose 3–5 key actions that support that vision. Content, outreach, creation, health.
Commit to doing them. Not perfectly. But consistently.
Even when you don’t feel like it, or you think no one’s watching.
Because consistency trumps motivation. It trumps talent. It trumps strategy, software, and even inspiration.
It’s the difference between dreaming about a life you love, and actually living it.
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Glad I found you again Jo Barnes. Reading this post I felt like you have been living in my shoes. I’m sure you were at some point in your life.
I don’t normally get ‘stuck’ but I have been when it comes to creative writing. Thanks for the tips to forge ahead with anticipation instead of angst.
Build rhythm first. Revenue follows.