The True Currency of Life is Time...

Are You In Control of Yours?

My Story

Tom Qiao in Chiang Mai

Hey, I'm Tom - the founder of Flexibility Is Freedom - pleased to meet 'cha! 😀

I used to work 9-5 (okay, more like 9-9) as an investment analyst for a major pension plan. As an undergraduate business student, it was literally a dream come true!

So why did I quit my career and become a passive income entrepreneur? 🤔

Well, I had many reasons (5, to be precise) but it boiled down to this: I realized that while my bank account was going up, my "time" account was slowly ticking away. 🕒

It dawned upon me the irony of trading the best years of my life for money, only to end up (attempting) to trade that money back for a taste of youth again (the "midlife" crisis).

That's why I became a passive income entrepreneur - to build brandable businesses and acquire long-term assets that generate passive to semi-passive income. 📈

Latest Income Reports

August 2021

August was a massive month - revenue increased to over $1,500 for the first time ever! This month's result comes on the heels of July 2021's traffic and revenue recovery, largely due to Google's July 2021 Core Update. While I'm definitely excited (and relieved), I know there's still more work to do, both to maintain […]

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July 2021

July 2021, the first month of my 4th year, was an excellent one on all fronts - my website recovered the traffic it lost from the December 2020 Core Update, my productivity reached an all-time high, and I made significant strides in my personal life as well.

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June 2021

Believe it or not, but it's been 3 years since I began building passive income! Honestly, it feels more like 5 years (or forever), especially with the last 1.5 years of COVID-19, but we don't get to choose the time we live in, only how we live with the time we're given.

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May 2021

Welcome back to Flexibility Is Freedom! Here in Canada, it looks like we're returning to normal, whatever normal means now. This month's income report will be short & sweet again. There's not much to update as I've been busy executing my content strategy.

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April 2021

Welcome back to Flexibility Is Freedom!
This month's income report will be short & sweet. In April 2021, I launched one of my new websites, completed the branding & design, and published one target article along with a few supporting articles.

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March 2021

Welcome back to Flexibility Is Freedom! This month, I completed my niche research and selected my next two websites. 😎 As a result, this month's income report is a massive one - covering everything from niche research to keyword research to content planning.

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February 2021

Welcome back to Flexibility Is Freedom! Last month, I spent my time working on a joint venture project, redesigning Flexibility Is Freedom (built on GeneratePress instead of Elementor), and shifting towards a portfolio approach for my next stage of growth.

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January 2021

It's a New Year and I for one feel a sense of optimism for 2021. In this month's income report, I'm going to cover a broad range of topics, including an update (or lack thereof) on my website's performance, business initiatives, and new opportunities.

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December 2020

Happy Holidays! 🎄🎅🎁 We are finally at the end of 2020 and that alone is an achievement. Personally, I am cautiously optimistic about the future outlook as vaccines are distributed around the world, however, I wouldn't count on a quick "back-to-normal" in 2021 yet.

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