Lately I've been driving with no music. Just me and my own thoughts — which, honestly, can be worrying and positive at the same time.
And the more I sit with it, the more I realise which way my head goes is heavily down to whatever's going on around me. Work, mostly, right now. And as cliché as it sounds, it's where I spend the most time — like most of you probably do too.
Off the back of all that runaway thinking, here's the thing that keeps coming up. For the last nine years or so, some part of me subconsciously knew I was meant for something better, something more rewarding. I just didn't know what.
Ever had that? The lightbulb moment of knowing you're meant for more — or even knowing what you're actually supposed to be doing?
It's taken me eight years at the family business and almost a year at my newer job to work out what I do and don't want from work. My time, my money, my purpose.
People call it "time freedom." I've started calling it "Time Contentment" instead. For me that means being content with whatever path I pick next — because it's giving me purpose. Helping other people, which naturally ends up helping me too. And enough financial contentment to be okay with where I am now, and where I'm working towards.
Right now, that's nothing fancy. My goal is just to work a bit more — the day job plus a couple of side hustles — and get my debt down. Hopefully that gives me some breathing room, so I can either pick a job that hands me a bit of mental capacity back to build this community, or drop to part-time and use the other days to actually learn — go back to college, or volunteer.
Nothing dramatic. Just a step towards something that feels a bit more like mine.
So I'll leave you with this one:
What keeps coming up for you — the thing you could take one small step towards?
Money, mind or purpose, whatever it is. Let me know below.