How to Create Your Personal Freedom Plan

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Most people think freedom is a destination. A beach, a passport stamp, or maybe a country. But freedom is not a place, it's actually a plan. And the reason so many people don't feel free, even though they're smart, capable, and hardworking, has nothing to do with their income or their circumstances, it's because they're living without a blueprint, without clarity, without structure, without a direction that actually honors who they are and the life that they really want. A freedom plan isn't about running away from your current life. It's about intentionally designing your next one, and today is very special because not only is it the day we're gonna show you how to create your personal freedom plan, it's also my birthday, and that's why we felt like this was such a good time to talk about your personal freedom plan because we're starting the new year. We're just getting going here in 2026. Of course, it is my birthday as well. So it's a perfect day to talk about the favorite thing that I like to talk about, which is creating personal freedom. So today I'm going to walk you through the exact steps to create a personal freedom plan that matches your values, your vision, and the bigger life you know that you are meant to live. If you're new to this channel, I'm Justin Keltner, and this is Entrepreneur Expat. Here we help freedom minded professionals build global lives. Without sacrificing comfort, income, or security. So if you're craving clarity this year, if you're tired of guessing, if you're ready to finally move from thinking about it to actually building it, then this video is your starting point. And if you're interested in more videos like this, make sure to subscribe to this channel Entrepreneur Expat. Just click that big subscribe button below. Click that notification bell as well so that you don't miss a single video. And do us a favor and hit that thumbs up. You can also check out some really cool content that we have available for you, much of which is for free below this video. And before I dive into it, we're also doing. A workshop very soon, and you're not gonna want to miss that. We're gonna talk about it later. You can find the link below, but we're gonna talk about exactly how to create your freedom plan, including the remote income strategy for allowing you to move abroad, not next year, but this year. So you don't wanna miss that. Make sure you go to entrepreneurexpat.com/freedom So first, why do you actually need a freedom plan? Well, freedom does not happen by accident. It happens by architecture because without a plan, here's what life becomes. Reacting instead of choosing, surviving instead of designing, drifting, instead of directing and waiting, instead of actually building. Nothing changes. In contrast, a freedom Plan gives you clarity on where you're going, confidence in why you're going there, a roadmap for your decisions, a structure for your goals and momentum instead of overwhelm. The truth is most people don't fail because of lack of opportunity. They fail because of lack of structure. Your freedom plan is going. To fix that. So here are the five pillars of a freedom plan. Number one is lifestyle, clarity. How do you want to feel day to day? Do you want to feel calm? Do you want to feel energized, perhaps creative, secure, or maybe even connected? Your emotional blueprint comes before your logistical blueprint. As we've said many times before, it's not about just saying, you know what? I'm gonna go to this country because I'm think it's gonna allow me to feel more free. Perhaps it will, perhaps it won't. But the fact of the matter is, unless you do that internal work and really identify what emotions. You want to feel what you want your nervous system to feel like. This is one of the things that a lot of entrepreneur expats overlook when they're taking the journey to move to another country. They think that maybe moving somewhere else is going to change their life, but as my Eastern European mother always says, wherever you go, Justin, there you are. Very important to note. So, number two, financial structure. Freedom requires financial stability. This includes a location, independent income source, a savings runway. Global friendly banking, a simple budget that supports your values and a plan to actually build margin, not scarcity, perhaps that's margin between the amount of money that you're making and the amount of money that you're spending. Number three is location strategy. So which environments regulate your nervous system the best? Perhaps it's the beach. Perhaps it's a lake town like the one that we currently live in here in Lake Chip, Paul. Maybe it's some other type of environment. Maybe you love to be in the mountains, maybe you love to be near a river near, near a bay. Like what sorts of environments do you love? And getting even more specific, what countries support your lifestyle, income, and long-term goals. A lot of the countries we talk about on this channel, including Mexico, Portugal, and Thailand, all offer different benefits for entrepreneur, expats. Four, identity alignment. Who do you need to become for the life that you want? That's your behaviors, your habits, and your boundaries. They all must match your vision. Number five is your execution roadmap. So you need clear steps, you need a clear timeline, and you need clear actions. Freedom is a plan. It's not just pressure. Now, here are some of the things that stop people from ever actually experiencing. Freedom. Number one is they wait for absolute certainty. Freedom does not come with any kind of guarantees. It comes with decisions. So instead of waiting for everything to be completely perfect, you just need to make that decision and say, you know what? I'm going to have these personal freedoms that I want to create. You decide. By definition decide is to cut off. You're cutting off all of the other options and you're saying, I'm gonna decide to do this. That is how it's going to be a whole. And so it's right. You've gotta make that decision. Trap number two is thinking that freedom requires perfection. You absolutely do not need every detail figured out. You just need direction, and that's what this plan is for. And with that plan. You need a little bit of momentum. You need to start just taking action and putting one foot in front of the other. You may end up changing your plan as as, as you go along, and that's totally fine. But the important point is that you just take action and you start. Going trap three is you try to do it all on your own. You're not lacking capability, but without guidance, the path becomes confusing and overwhelming. Most people aren't stuck, they're just unsupportive. And this is one of the reasons that we offer our support and our coaching and our programs and mentorship and different types of communities to our audience, not just with entrepreneur expat, but as well as the other businesses that we run too. Nobody can do everything by themselves, and if you try to do that, eventually you're just going to burn out. Ask me how I know that. Ask my wife Amanda, how she knows that as well. You know, we were both kind of lone wolfs many years ago and we realized that was like not the way you've gotta find a, a supporting community. You've gotta find a mentor. You've gotta find some, some guidance and some support. Don't just try to figure every single detail out on your own. A recipe for disaster. So how do you actually build this freedom plan Step-by-step number one is you wanna define your non-negotiables. What must your life include and what must it exclude? Sometimes thinking about the things that are on your not to-do list or your not to live or not to experience list are even more important than the things that perhaps you want your life to be about or to include. You have to define. Boundaries on both sides of that coin. Next, choose your freedom path. Are you thinking about your income first, your residency first, your travel first, or perhaps simplifying your life first, depending on the stage of life that you are, and only you can tell yourself this for sure. We can also support with this. So of course if you're looking for more support, more guidance, you can absolutely apply. For a session with us that, that's entrepreneur expat.com/consult, and we could help you build your personalized plan because you may not know where to start, but those are some of the options depending on where you're coming at this from. There's really no wrong answer. There's only aligned. Timing and sometimes you just need to sit and meditate and kind of feel into it and say, huh, do am I okay in in the income, department? Do I wanna just start looking at countries or do I perhaps need to build my remote income first? Right? You wanna really sit with that, sometimes sit in silence. That really helps a lot. Step three is pick your starting country. And by the way. One thing that a lot of people that are in our community have have asked us is, you know what? Maybe I want to go to Mexico, or maybe I want to go to Thailand, or maybe I want to go to Portugal, but what if I don't like it there? Well, your first country is not your forever country. It's just a landing pad. And countries like Mexico give you a really nice soft landing. Because culturally and time zone wise and distance wise, they're not too far from the US or Canada where a lot of our clients come from. So you can always change countries later, but just in going to that first country abroad, you're already building that skillset and, and that adaptability that's required to have. Success as an entrepreneur expat. Now, step four, build your financial runway. That might be remote income or savings that gives you at least. 90 days of clarity. Maybe in the beginning you're doing some one-on-one consulting, or you've got a remote job that maybe isn't your favorite thing in the world to do, but at the very least it gives you some runway. It allows you to build savings, and that's totally okay. Not everybody's gonna jump straight into quitting their job called Turkey. Building their own location, independent income stream. I kind of did that when I was 18 years old and I had my last like real, you know, corporate job. And it was a, it was an adventure, let me tell you that if I would, would've had to do it all over again, I probably would've had a lot more, peace and a lot less stress had I have perhaps stayed in that job a couple years longer while I was building my. Income stream, so different strokes for different folks. You can take this a variety of ways, but the important thing is you wanna at least have 90 days of runway in the bank and or some type of guaranteed or, or almost guaranteed, like a remote job. Income stream when you're starting out, unless you've got some savings in the bank, that's totally cool as well. Step five, map out your first 90 days abroad. Where are you going to live? How will you earn money? What will you explore and who is it that you want to become? Step six, review, refine, and redesign. Freedom evolves as you evolve. And here's the powerful truth. When you create a freedom plan, the world becomes your toolkit. You no longer feel trapped by one country's cost of living. One government's policies, one city's stress or one job's demands. You choose environments that lower your. Increase your happiness, support your values, regulate your nervous system, and create room for your dreams. Mexico, Portugal, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Thailand, Albania, and so many more are not escapes. They're opportunities for alignment. Freedom is not leaving your life. Freedom is choosing your life and choosing that life above everything else. If you are serious about making 2026 the year that you. Finally create the clarity, the income, and the lifestyle that you want, Then you definitely need to join the Your Freedom Year Bootcamp. It's a three day live challenge starting January 26th, where I'll show you exactly how to build your income plan, your relocation plan, and your Freedom Roadmap step by step. Join us now@entrepreneurexpat.com slash freedom while spots are available. Thanks so much for watching. Thanks for being the best part of Entrepreneur Expat. We really appreciate you on this journey. We really appreciate you subscribing and liking this video and joining us for more very soon. Thanks again.