LETTERS FROM AN ELDER

A Letter to My Young, Digital Nomad, Freelancing Friend With Big Dreams

5 Big lessons to keep you grounded while you cultivate your dream. Hint: Don’t make your passion project your only money maker.

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At this point in my life, the outside world might just judge me to be a spectacular failure. The personification of a lack of authority.

I have gone through my ups and downs. You will have it no different. Failure has different meanings I suppose.

But I love my life. I don’t have to meet the definition of success the outside world tries to give me. I’m very successful in my own ways. Do you hear me? This is written from a position of authority you see.

I’m telling you that the metrics you use to measure success are all wrong. Back up from your myopic gaze upon the numbers and start to look deeper, and tell me what you see.

I’m happy, healthy, have a fabulous marriage, healthy kids, and I get to laugh a lot. It’s not all about the balance in your bank account.