Snow has for some reason(*) become a popular metaphor for handling money. There’s snow flaking which involves finding money in odd places and odd jobs and using it to pay off debt. Paying off debt has been associated with snowballs and avalanches describing how it becomes easier and easier to pay off debt once the finance charges decrease.
(*) I have some idea of who originated these, but I forgot to take notes and I’m too lazy to investigate, so let me know if you want to take credit.
These metaphors, in particular the snowflaking, all revolve around certain attitudes towards money with respect to getting out of debt.
However, snow melts and it is only relevant during the winter, so I think to properly describe the financial independence mentality, we need to…
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