The Only Thing Standing Between You and the Life You Actually Want
I’ve lost count of how many talented people I know who are sitting in jobs they don’t enjoy.
They’re intelligent, capable, creative people with ideas and potential, and yet every time we talk about work there’s no energy in their voice. No excitement. Just frustration. Their boss irritates them, some of their colleagues don’t pull their weight and the internal politics are draining. Not to mention the workload which is relentless. I rarely hear anything genuinely positive, and it’s sad.
By Friday they shut down completely - leave work at work. By Sunday evening the dread starts creeping in again and their mood changes. And I often find myself thinking, that’s no way to live.
So why do they stay? If they’re honest with themselves, it’s the pay cheque at the end of each month.
Knowing that money will land in the bank account at the end of the month feels safe. It feels responsible. It pays the bills, and it keeps life stable.
And I understand that deeply. I’ve been the woman who couldn’t afford the travel fare to work. I’ve had three jobs on the go at the same time just to pay the rent and survive. Financial security matters and it’s not something to dismiss or take for granted.
But what fascinates me is that almost everyone I speak to has something else inside them.
An idea they talk about. A vision of a different environment. They imagine themselves holding space, creating something meaningful, doing work that lights them up. There’s usually something they feel genuinely passionate about. Something that would create excitement instead of dread.
Recently I asked a friend, “If you didn’t have to worry about money and it flowed easily to you, what would you be doing?”
Her answer was completely different from the corporate job she does now. It was creative, impactful, and full of heart. It sounded nothing like spreadsheets, targets, and office politics.
So I asked her why she didn’t explore it.
She said, without hesitation, that she’d “..never earn any money doing that”.
That sentence is the real barrier.
There are people all over the world earning well doing exactly what she described. The difference isn’t talent or opportunity or intelligence.
It’s belief.
Money mindset subtly dictates what feels realistic. It decides what’s possible for “someone like me.” It tells you that passion is lovely but impractical. It convinces you that security only comes from employment and that backing yourself is reckless.
So you stay. Even when you’re uninspired. Even when you complain about your boss every week. Even when your body tightens at the thought of that Monday morning hustle.
The salary becomes the justification and the comfort blanket. And it’s the reason you override the internal pull.
I’m not against having a job. If you love what you do and feel fulfilled, that’s brilliant. Employment isn’t the issue.
Believing you don’t have a choice is the real issue.
If the only thing keeping you somewhere is fear around money, then the work isn’t just about writing a business plan. It’s about rewiring what you believe about money in the first place.
That’s why I created The Wealth Switch™.
Not because I think everyone should quit their job tomorrow, or because I believe passion alone pays the bills. And definitely not because I buy into overnight success stories.
I created it because I know that until you change the beliefs sitting underneath your financial decisions, nothing external really changes.
Every level of income I’ve stepped into required me to outgrow an old belief first. Five figures once felt like a stretch. Then six. Then seven. Each time, the mental transformation started internally. The money followed the belief, not the other way around.
Your wealth switch isn’t about being greedy. It’s about giving yourself permission.
Permission to believe that what lights you up could also generate income, and to see security as something you can create for yourself, not something that only comes from an employer. Permission to imagine a different reality without immediately shutting it down.
The job you dislike usually isn’t the real problem.
It’s the belief that you couldn’t possibly replace that income doing something you love that keeps you there.
So if money truly wasn’t the issue, what would you be doing?
And more importantly, what would you need to believe differently in order to make that possible?
That’s the real work.
If you really want to design your own change, and this resonates with you, access my Masterclass - The Wealth Switch™ HERE.
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You are more capable than you think, and the only permission you need is your own.