Financial Leverage Vs. Living in Alignment —Is this all just a pipe dream?

Is it even possible to just do what you love in life? What about delayed gratification? Duty? Work ethic? Is alignment simply a pipe dream sold to us by disingenuous marketers?

I had to find out for myself.

This is the final part of a thread I’ve been pulling at and exploring in 2023. Part 1 explored the moment of realization (Building a Second Brain… and Why I Didn’t). Part 2 sets the scene (Is it possible to just do what you love? An experiment in seeking Alignment). All three can be read as stand-alone articles or in series.

I had just realized that I had gone from being a medical doctor — pursuing status, and a ‘good stable career’ for all the wrong reasons.

To an online business owner — pursuing higher and higher revenue numbers for all the wrong reasons.

A tough year in 2021 had ‘shaken the snow globe’ of my life. I eventually took action in mid-2022 and closed down my highly successful online coaching business because it ‘wasn’t aligned’.

What now?

Leverage vs. Alignment

At this point, I was in a highly privileged position where I had leverage. I made some good money as an online coach, most of which I had stashed away in real estate, crypto, and gold. I also had a supplement company that was providing a passive income.