“Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.” – Albert Camus

Last week I mentioned in a July 4th post about how I stumbled across Nick Sloan, a soldier in Iraq writing a personal finance blog called Journey to Financial Freedom. Why did Nick volunteer to go to Iraq? The short answer is money but I’ll let Nick elaborate below. He writes:

I volunteered to come to Iraq because of the extra money I earn while here. I’m using that money to get out of debt and get a new start on my financial future. I was in so much debt at home that I could barely keep my head above water. My answer: volunteer for Iraq. Obviously, that is not a course of action that would appeal to most people. I would like to leave aside any and all considerations of political views or other commentary on the war there. That is not what this blog is about. This blog is about money and investments. Before I came to Iraq, I had neither. You may be wondering, ‘What is so good about coming to Iraq?’ Well, I can list the advantages here.