The Wealth We Measure Judging by the occasional cold-call I get from a random financial advisor and their quick spiel about how important it is to safeguard wealth and know exactly where we stand relative to our age, we measure…
Curiosity returns long before most people realise their life is changing. I used to think curiosity meant learning. Reading more books.Listening to podcasts.Watching videos.Researching things.Falling down internet rabbit holes. Basically collecting information like a squirrel preparing for winter. The problem…
I think we need to start being a bit more honest about what actually counts as an income stream now. Because somewhere along the line, we started calling everything “multiple income streams.” A Substack with 14 subscribers.A Gumroad product that…
The first side income I ever received felt a bit like being the kid on the street selling homemade lemonade. Incredibly excited over what was, realistically, a very small amount of money. At the beginning, it isn’t really about the…
Why you get stuck after deciding to change is simpler than you think. We have circled around the moment you realise that one income isn’t safe like a hungry shark circles a group of surfers out on their boards. We…
When you watch someone at work slowly retreat into themselves, you start to question how safe any of this really is. Especially when everything depends on one income stream continuing to behave itself. This is the person who used to…
This week, I got a sharp reminder of why depth stops paying when I found myself doubting my ability over one tiny challenge. A new challenge had landed on my desk. Not a huge one. Not the sort of thing…
LiveGood landed in my lap and took on a life of its own. It was like a high-voltage shot had triggered my system to wake up. After months of mulling things over in my head, of trying to find solutions…
How is it possible that in one day I can feel so completely overwhelmed in life, experiencing the full range of emotions from elation at new paths unfolding and bold plans forming, to incredible anger, disappointment, standstill and sadness —…
At some point, quietly and without much warning, you go from experienced to overqualified at work — and no one really explains what that’s supposed to mean. Not at the beginning — the beginning makes perfect sense. That’s what makes…