This is the #1 dream killer after fear.

🛑 Believing your dream has to replace your paycheck.

Many of us at midlife reach an inflection point (often referred to as a crisis) where we realize the ladder we’ve been climbing doesn’t have what we’re beginning to desire more than titles, money, and materialism:

Joy
Purpose
Meaning
Fulfillment
Authenticity

We want our lives to mean something beyond our careers; we don’t want our second half to be a carbon copy of our first half.

We start connecting with and exploring our unfulfilled dreams, writing a novel, using our hands to build something, or leveraging all of our experience to serve others – whatever it may be.

When we allow ourselves to dream, we feel truly alive. In these moments, we are most connected to our inner selves and deepest desires.

And almost immediately, it happens:

Whatever I decide to pursue must replace my paycheck, dollar for dollar.

This way I can leave my job, then I’ll be happy.

The immensity of that belief kills dreams.

It’s too much pressure, and we can’t see how we would ever make that happen, so what’s the point of even trying?

Because we’ll die with regret if we don’t try.

Here’s what we need to understand, and we need to embrace this sooner rather than later if we want to craft remarkable second halves:

What we ultimately desire (joy, purpose, meaning, fulfillment, authenticity) doesn’t flow from replacing the paycheck.

✔️ They flow from the effort we put forth into crafting our dreams.

✔️ They flow from becoming the individual who pursues their inner dreams.

✔️ They flow from connecting with who we truly are and expressing it outwardly.

What we crave is in the process, not the outcome.

Nurture your dreams; don’t crush them with expectations.

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