This is what success costs you
Are you ready to pay the price?
Hello dear friend
All through 2022, I had one goal: Make $10k a month from my writing business.
In December 2022, I finally hit that milestone.
You’d imagine I felt ecstatic, that my joy knew no bounds?
In reality, I felt empty.
The reason achieving my financial goal didn’t excite me as much was because I was putting in 8–10 hours of work each day.
All my free moments would be spent in front of a computer screen. Whenever I wasn’t working, I was thinking of ways I could grow my business. I attended 3–4 meetings each day, and consistently explored opportunities to make an impact with my work.
The emptiness that hit me when I reached my goal was proof that there was something wrong in my way I’d wired my brain.
If making money required me to be on my toes all the time, was it even worth it? And honestly, why did I even pick $10k? It was just a fancy number I saw freelancers on the internet throw around in educational videos and newsletters. I convinced myself that’s something I needed to achieve too if I was to be considered successful.
But the reality is different.
Living in India, $10k is way more than what I can spend in a month. In fact, with my current living expenses, even $1k a month is more than enough. Why then, do I need to work so hard to achieve a goal that isn’t even something I came up with myself?
“Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.”
Brandon Sanderson’s quote spoke to me because it advocates the same. If the road to reaching your goal shapes you into a stranger, is that a goal worth having?
Your struggle should make something out of you. And that version of yourself should be true to your core values. Anything else, and you need to redefine your goals and strategy.
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With love,
Anangsha.
“Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.” ~ Brandon Sanderson 🌻
Thank you.