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There are many aesthetic accounts on MT talking about living a refined life. I donât post that stuff, so I thought Iâd let you into that side of my life.
My childhood wasnât average. I was definitely privileged. More on that in a second.
I was privately educated here.
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My childhood wasnât average. I was definitely privileged. More on that in a second.
I was privately educated here.
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I rode my ponies here.
I drove one of these. There was a 7 year waiting list, and it was made for me.
So, I was raised with an appreciation for the âfiner things in lifeâ. I still appreciate them, but Iâm not driven by them the way 99.9% of Money Twitter is, because they are ordinary to me.
I know that having a bunch of shiny stuff doesnât make people happy.
I know that having a bunch of shiny stuff doesnât make people happy.
When I think of happy moments in my childhood, the things that come to mind are breakfasts at the weekends. Our doors were always open (literally in summer) to everyone. And there was an open invitation to coffee or breakfast at the weekends. I never knew who would be in the
kitchen in the morning. One weekend, there was a farm worker, a traveller, and a former convict. Then a police officer walked in to grab breakfast, and it turned out the last of that list had committed a minor atrocity. She told him sheâd take him to the station after breakfast.
Then we all had a lovely breakfast, with much merriment. And the two of them left for the police station thereafter.
The house I lived in had 18 rooms, but none of them brought me joy when I was lying in bed, unable to speak, after a car crash when I was 11 left me in a coma.
The house I lived in had 18 rooms, but none of them brought me joy when I was lying in bed, unable to speak, after a car crash when I was 11 left me in a coma.
There were 30 acres, but walking them didnât heal my soul after I was held hostage by a military doctor and mentally tortured for six weeks.
Iâve lived rich, Iâve lived below the poverty line, Iâve lived comfortably. Honesty... you guys hate on that middle bit but itâs where some of the best stuff is.
You donât realise that because if youâre rich, you may only have been so for a decade or less.
You donât realise that because if youâre rich, you may only have been so for a decade or less.
When I coach millionaires, they all have the same issues. They didnât realise that the phrase: âDifferent levels, different devilsâ was true. They didnât realise what they would LOSE when they gained the money.
Everything has a cost. Everything.
Everything has a cost. Everything.
When I work with people at the start of their journey, they want all that my pictures show. When they get that, they hire me to help them find all the treasures they lost while chasing money.
On white privilege. I have it. I grew up with it to the greatest degree. My feeling is it doesnât belong to me. It was a gift I didnât earn. I now get to share it with others. My education cost a fortune. It made me better able to break down ideas for those who didnât have that.
I was trained to be a politician. So if a friend in a less privileged group needs an ally, I can debate someone in political office for them or give tips on how to do so.
But donât think the privilege of great riches was my only gift. Losing it all in the last recession was too.
But donât think the privilege of great riches was my only gift. Losing it all in the last recession was too.
Too many of you are so taken with, or envious of, good fortune that you miss the gifts of misfortune.
Living on less than a dollar a day taught me resilience, fortitude, resourcefulness, and the budgeting power of batch cooking and freezing food.
Living on less than a dollar a day taught me resilience, fortitude, resourcefulness, and the budgeting power of batch cooking and freezing food.
It also taught me the people whoâd hated me when I was rich were just as hateful when I was poor. Turns out that some people just hate on others and use political excuses to justify that hate.
But it also taught me there are good people throughout society. Everywhere is love
But it also taught me there are good people throughout society. Everywhere is love
Just found some pics of somewhere I lived. The views were pretty awesome. But I had some of the most depressing days of my life in this house. A celeb moved in after we lived there. Anyhow. Things are nice. PEOPLE and PURPOSE are the treasure.
