About me

Hello. I’m Lizelle and I have no intention to retire from a working life. Only from my corporate life. I’ve been down many paths over the past 25 years: actuarial technician; investment performance analyst; product manager; hedge fund manager; client experience designer; finance forum owner; communication specialist; coffee stall owner; and Nia teacher (much fun). And I've been on a few sabbaticals, being a strong believer in proper breaks. I’ve been a salaried worker and a freelancer, and definitely prefer the latter. So, my next goal is to up-skill, cross-skill, invest in how I see my future self and save up some reserves, so I can return to the freedom of flexible work – for good. To me, financial freedom is a process; it's not an absolute destination.

I’m probably more than halfway to never having to work again (imagine if work was optional), but the future may hold as many detours as the past, and I don’t expect the rest of the road to look anything like the N1. Free2dobedo is where I share what I’ve discovered so far.

Why the name free2dobedo?

'To be is to do' — Socrates.
'To do is to be' — Jean-Paul Sartre.
'Do be do be do' — Frank Sinatra.

Free2dobedo says something of my own desire to sometimes 'just be' in-between all the doing needed to propel ahead in life, financially and otherwise. There's also a theory that in adulthood, up to midlife, humans tend to focus on doing to prove our worth. Around midlife our focus gradually shifts to being, remembering who we truly are and have always been. Fully being ourselves - all of ourselves - is the point from which meaningful action follows.