There's No Limit to The Life You Can Live
You can design a life you love while using money as a tool to get you there.
I’ve been thinking a lot about lifestyle design recently, and I’ve come to a few realizations.
The first is a sad truth:
Most people are living life by default.
In other words—they’re not choosing the life they want to live.
Instead, they’re accepting the life that is. They’re like a bystander, watching as life happens to them.
And it looks different for everybody.
Some people end up pursuing a career they don’t enjoy—either because it’s what one of their parents does for a living OR because they decided that’s what they should do based on earning potential, prestige, or societal pressure.
Others decide to stay in their hometown—not because they love it, but because they don’t know any other way. And worse yet, some people get trapped in a vortex of consumption, constantly buying new cars, homes, and toys to keep up with other people. They don’t even want this stuff, they’re just buying it because everybody else is, trapping themselves into a lifetime of work in exchange for stuff they don’t even care about.
And if you layer enough of these things on top of each other, you can end up just plain unhappy. Working a job you don’t like, living in a place that doesn’t fit—just drifting through life.
But, fortunately, I think there’s another way, which brings me to my next realization.
It’s an awesome thought:
There’s no limit to the life you can live.
In other words, if you’re intentional about it, you can live a life you truly love.
You can do work that lights you up, live in a place you love, spend your money on the things you actually enjoy, and spend your time doing things you like with the people you care about most.
But, it isn’t easy—designing your ideal lifestyle requires intention and action.
First, you need to know what you want. That means you need to identify the life you’re aiming for. And that takes thoughtful reflection. To identify the life you’re aiming for, you’ve got to be able to answer questions like:
What does my ideal day look like?
Am I in the right career?
How would I spend my time if money wasn’t a concern?
Do I love where I live? If not, where would I love to live?
What are the most important parts of my life?
Each of these questions should help you start to visualize your ideal life. Then, it’s time to draw a map to get you there and take action.
This is where the rubber meets the road. You’ve identified elements of your ideal life. Now you need to figure out how you’ll get there. It’s time to draw your map.
I don’t have the answers, but I do know that money can be a tool to help you get there.
That’s the map I’ve drawn, and I’m excited to share it with you.
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