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<\/p>\nI feel like I should be happier than I am, but I don\u2019t really know what\u2019s missing. I\u2019ve ticked the boxes: I make good money, have a nice home and family, and I\u2019ve got a good stable career, savings and investments. I\u2019m not really asking for financial advice. I\u2019m doing well financially, and that\u2019s not something I take for granted. But I guess I wasn\u2019t expecting to feel this way after working hard to achieve everything that I have. You talk a lot about money mindset, so I thought you might have some insights that could help.<\/p>\n
Congratulations, you\u2019ve hit a new financial level. This is the: \u201cIs this it? Now what?\u201d level. I\u2019m being playful, but I want you to know: you\u2019re not alone. This is a phase I see many people go through on the other side of accomplishing a certain level of financial success.<\/p>\n
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Reaching the peak of your money goals can be strangely unfulfilling.Credit: Simon Letch<\/p>\n
That level isn\u2019t defined by a certain dollar figure \u2013 I\u2019ve seen this play out at different levels for different people: for some it hits after the successful exit of their start-up, for others it might hit after achieving a specific financial milestone they\u2019d been working towards \u2013 eg $X in savings or investments or paying off the mortgage or retirement.<\/p>\n
The common denominator isn\u2019t a number, but the accomplishment of something you had placed a lot of value on, and getting to the other side only to realise \u2013 it wasn\u2019t a magical portal into a different life, like you thought it\u2019d be. There is now a gap between how your life looks, and how you thought it would feel. How do you start to close that gap?<\/p>\n
Life is to be lived, not achieved<\/p>\n
It sounds like you\u2019re not very connected to what makes you feel fulfilled. If you are ticking boxes all your way through life, chances are you\u2019re living your life like a to-do list. This is a good strategy for accomplishment and achievement, but a poor strategy for fulfillment.<\/p>\n
Fulfillment is a feeling that comes from within you, not from the outside. It\u2019s personal \u2013 unique to the individual. You don\u2019t discover it by ticking a bunch of boxes that someone else has handed you. You need to have some gauge as to what makes you feel fulfilled.<\/p>\n
This means shifting from pursuing the things you think you\u2019re supposed to do, or should do, to things you want to do. If it\u2019s not something you\u2019re already practised at, this might take some time. It might cause some discomfort.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019ve been optimising for achievement and not fulfillment, switching gears can be confronting. You might find that some of your current goals may no longer be aligned with your new goal of fulfillment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I feel like I should be happier than I am, but I don\u2019t really know what\u2019s missing. I\u2019ve…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[64,63,99,186,184,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-191479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-finance","12":"tag-personal-finance","13":"tag-personalfinance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}