Which stage of Financial Independence are you at?

Came across an article today on "The Stages of Financial Independence". It's interesting to see how the author has split our life's financial journey into 8 stages starting from financial dependency and ending with financial abundance.

I guess I have come a long way in my financial journey starting from being financially dependent to being at a stage of trying to achieve debt freedom right now. Started from working and paying off students loans and subsequently getting married and getting into more loans (housing and car loans) and working to pay them off now. Seems like an endless rat race where we need loan to survive and work to pay off loans.

It was about 2 years ago when i realized this is not how i want to live the rest of my life. I don't want to be working just for the sake of working. I want to live my life at my own terms and i think that will only happen if i reach Financial Independence or Financial Freedom. And so i begin my search for alternate and passive income. Been reading a lot since then and so far only manged to appreciate and agree with the value investing approach. Hopefully this approach will lead me to Financial Abundance, the last stage of Financial Independence, and i can truly live life the way it's meant to be.

So which stage of financial independence are you at and do you have a plan to move forward in your journey to Financial Abundance?

Happy Value Investing