I sometimes sit and wonder how I got here.
It wasn’t that long ago that I would spend days at a time, locked inside my basement office, trying so hard to just “hurry up and finish” getting my work done.
I had so much to do. So many tasks to complete. But none, after awhile, that made me happy.
In fact, most of what I was doing felt like a damn chore. It was taking away time from other activities I wanted to participate in.
It took me away from my family and friends.
It took me away from myself, most days.
I was work, work, workin’ for the dollar. And the dollar came - many dollars actually. That business did very well for me. But in the end, I couldn’t continue because it felt as though it was sucking the life out of me.
Truth be told, I’m not in this for the money.
The money is a nice bonus, and of course I’m not against it, but I don’t show up, I don’t write, I don’t create, I don’t grow this business because I want to make MONEY.
I do it because, quite frankly, I can’t not.
Because it’s work that lights me up, work that fuels me, work that makes me feel ALIVE. Work that doesn’t feel like work in the traditional sense.
I no longer work from a home office in my basement. I work from the couch, my backyard, on airplanes, at hotels, in cafes, from my bed.. and my home office (that is no longer in the basement, haha!).
And I do it because I WANT TO, not because I think I have to.
Your problem, if I can just call it like it is (and you know I will) –
Is that you’re spending the majority of your time thinking “I need to do ____ so that I can make money” and “If I don’t do ____, I won’t make money” –
And that’s just –
No.
I mean yes, of course you can do something and get money in exchange. Of course you can give your life for someone else’s idea of what happiness and success really is… of course you can spend your days doing work you don’t love because it comes with a promise of MONEY…
But really –
Why would you want to?
What if, instead, you gave your life for what really mattered to you? What if you chose only to spend your time on the things that filled you with joy? What then?
What would you be doing?
Who would you be spending your time with?
What would your thoughts and beliefs be?
I know that as soon as I ditched a 6-figure business that was no longer serving me, and jumped into something that felt fun & exciting and HELLL YESSSS BABY!, my income blew up!
$250,000 CASH RECEIVED. In 12 months. With a BRAND NEW industry.
$500,000 a year after that.
And I was working LESS than I had ever worked in my LIFE!
I’m a hustler, and I’m not afraid to get my hands dirty. I can, and I will, do what it takes, every time. I WILL do the work.
But the thing is –
The work, now, today? Is SO FUCKING SIMPLE AND EASY AND BLISSSSFUL that it doesn’t even feel like work.
I’m not saying all of this to brag, but instead to show you that YOU CAN DO IT, TOO. I am not special or exceptionally gifted. I dropped out of high school in grade 10 and have never taken any kind of certification program or business schooling.
I hired coaches.
I joined programs.
I participated in masterminds.
I attended events.
I learned by DOING. By jumping in with 2 feet and saying YES, I AM WORTHY OF THIS and I AM CAPABLE.
YOU are worthy.
YOU are capable.
And you CAN have a life where you are blissed out, doing work you absolutely ADORE and making a mega ton of MONEY doing it.
Give yourself permission to let go of the belief that this has to be hard, or complicated, or expensive… and choose, instead, to trust, believe, and SAY YES.
Cheering for you, always. ❤
Tag your fave biz bestie that you’re cheering for!
xx,
Cassie