Hunting season is here, and for the next month, I’ll be spending more time in the woods than I will behind my desk.
For me, that’s a goal I’ve worked toward for a long time.
There were years when taking a couple of weeks, let alone a month or two, away from work felt impossible. There was always a business to run, a family to provide for, clients to serve, and bills that didn’t stop just because hunting season started.
So I started planning for it. Not a few weeks before opening day, but YEARS before.
I built a separate cash reserve specifically for this season. I figured out what our household and business needed each month and planned for the slowdown in income. Over time, we built a team and systems that allow Financial Outfitters to continue serving our clients well, even when I’m not sitting behind my desk every day. My hunt bucket is a savings fund not only for the expenses of the hunt itself, but life back home and in the office, in my absence.
There wasn’t one big financial move that made this possible.
It was a series of intentional decisions, made over time, with a very specific goal in mind.
And really, that’s what financial planning is supposed to do.
Your goal may not be spending months in the mountains. For you, it may be:
Taking a month-long family trip
Starting a business
Buying a piece of land
Working less
Retiring earlier
Or simply having the freedom to say yes when an opportunity comes along
Whatever your version looks like, the question is the same:
What would need to be true financially to make your dream possible?
If there’s something you’ve been saying you want to do “someday,” let’s put some real numbers, and a real plan, behind it.
See you when I get out of the woods,
Jeff