Another Chain Broken

Part of my itinerary with Freedomquest is to reduce my expenses down to the bare minimum. This allows me to break free from the bondage of societal norms that much quicker. I notice how much I spend on a monthly basis without getting proper value for it. Most services are good, however, not worth the money in light of what is paid. And, I am not particularly referring to the dollar amount either.

Netflix offers a wonderful service and was instrumental in helping me break my addiction to cable. Without this, I am not sure I could have gone 'cold turkey' with cable like I did at the beginning of the year. Nevertheless, I was able to survive without having the 250 channels including HD (not that I had a HD television).

Yesterday, the decision was made to cut ties with this company. This is a decision that came about as a result of a number of factors. To start, Netflix is increasing their monthly subscription, to $9.95. The $1.00 increase isnt a big deal especially since I could have gone to a streaming only program which would have saved me a dollar. Now, I save the entire amount.

The second factor that went into this decision is the fact that I am in the process of breaking all the chains that hold me down. While the $9 a month is not a significant amount, I realize that it is still $100 a year. My conclusion that people kill themselves with the minimal purchases is at work here. Everything decision I make has to be with the idea of freedom. Television, or more specifically, movies do not lead to that end. Instead, I only receive entertainment. Now, I am going to pay myself $100 a year to learn to entertain myself.

Once I reached this conclusion, I went online and checked my account. I will state that I did not hit the cancel button as of yet for one simple reason: Netflix shuts the account down immediately and does not issue refunds for partial usage. Therefore, I figured I should utilize what I already paid for.

At this point I should mention one risk I am running. By not canceling immediately, I risk changing my mind. To someone less committed, I would say that once the decision is reached, go again and sacrifice the last couple of weeks. For the price of $4.00, it is worth not putting the forward momentum in jeopardy. I opted for this path simply because I understand my commitment to a radical life change. Anyone who is having torn feelings about it needs to break that chain at once.

This step is another one that I have taken in the last couple of weeks. At this rate, I believe I will attain my ultimate goal of being free within a reasonable period of time. My freedom goal is well within reach.