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Freedom Ain’t Free

Dre Baldwin
4 min readJun 27, 2019

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I put a video on YouTube about walking away in life.

A viewer named James left the following comment.

Wow Dre this was right on time for me and it’s funny I was just thinking this yesterday. I’m in a marriage with my wife and I am miserable, she’s older than me and provides a stable roof over my head while my business picks up. But here’s the problem, she’s old and tired and not as young and energetic as me and has narcissist traits about her. So with that being said it puts me in a situation, where should I leave without my making any money in my business yet? Or wait? In the meantime I am not happy sexually, emotionally, or mentally with her.

I am just afraid that I won’t be able to pay rent if I decide to walk away and become homeless, that’s my fear!! This is a tough decision and see what I need to do, but money is the case, thanks for this upload

You can see my quick reply to James in the comments; I’m going into more detail here.

  1. Career and money is not all of life. I wrote about how, in America (assuming James is American), we live to work. We judge people largely by what they do, their status in what they do, and what (we think) they have. James’ money-centric comment tells me that he thinks how most Americans (you too, reader, if you’re American) think. Unhappy, sexually deprived, and emotionally…

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Dre Baldwin
Dre Baldwin

Written by Dre Baldwin

The Discipline to Produce Your Best On Your Toughest Days. It ain’t for everybody. #TheThirdDay Creator of #WorkOnYourGame. DreAllDay.com

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