Sol Spyre Wealth

The Number ☝🏼Thing You Can Control on the Adventure of Your Life:

I clearly remember the day my mother decided it was fitting to impress this golden nugget of wisdom upon me. I got it in my head (and those of you that know me well know that I exemplify the Ta**us ♉️ trait of stubborness) that I was not going to attend school that day. I did the “I’m sick” thing and my mother, in all her wisdom, called b.s. Then the reasoning morphed, it was no longer a desire to merely stay at home, now I was driven by the perceived shame of showing up late to class. So, after dragging my feet and getting ready (and I’m sure plenty of banter with my mother), we ventured off to school.

I refused to get out of the car, when she went into the school to request assistance, I hid under some stuff in the backseat, performing a magical disappearing act that made her frantic. I think she ended up assuming I had ran away into the wilds of our small town.

I can’t recall if she found me in the back seat or if I resurfaced once we returned home, but that was when she looked at me sternly and said “the choices you make dictate the life you lead.”

It hit me like a ton of bricks. My interpretation was I was now solely responsible for my destiny, vulnerable, and no longer shielded by her efforts. My successes and my failures rested 100% on my shoulders. Alas, it didn’t prevent me from skipping classes. Ironically, I love learning, it’s still something I pursue to this day.

Now, I share this with you because you have the choice.

You have the opportunity to choose to become active, aware, and cognizant of your money 💰 and how your relationship either supports or detracts from the path to your dreams.

Or, you can keep perpetuating the same ol’, same ol’ because it’s easier, more comfortable, & more convenient.

👉🏼 The challenge: Commit to taking 5-10 minutes everyday to either:

1️⃣ Review your monetary circumstances and reflect on how your spending patterns support your dreams.
2️⃣ Peruse mutliple media sources (my favs: , , ) and skim the headlines to get a feel for the attitude (sentiment) surrounding the economic environment.

👇🏼Which do you choose?

The Precepts of Wealth: On top of the world.

Every time we hit a summit,
I revel in the awe of the land sprawling out in every direction.
The multitude of potentialities.

And, I sorrow.
Because I know many people will live their entire lives blind to the beauty of the world around them, the infinite potential.

I’ve been quiet the past few weeks, the lack of connectivity started a period of respite, allowing further reflection on what I am attempting to share with you.

The very core of it is:
✨ Wealth is so much more than money.
✨ Money is simply a means to support your overall wellbeing.
✨ Your wellbeing is comprised of your individuality, interrelationality, intellectuality, and intrinsicality (that’s a lot of -alities) which create your reality.
🗝 Knowing who you are at the very core is essential to living the life of your dreams.

Combined, these precepts create a potent formulation that allow you to live your dream, not the societal dream imposed upon us all from a young age.

Several years ago, I went through my “mid-life crisis,” my “wtf am I doing” moment. Fortunately, this happened way before my “mid-life” marker. I had all the markings of “success” from the loving partner, nice car, and living arrangements with a view to the high-earning career position with upcoming equity in the firm, all I needed to do was sign the paper.

And I walked away because deep-down, I wasn’t happy, fulfilled, or content. And I felt so, so guilty. As if there was something wrong with me because I hit all the socially deemed markers of “making it,” but I hated going to work everyday and hated coming back to the city after vacation. The only saving grace was my partner (and he still is to this day).

Instead of listening to my knowing that I should start a business that shifts the paradigm of wealth management then, I told myself I wasn’t ready and accepted a position where I could be an anonymous face in the corporate machine of one of the large brokerage houses which gave me a chance to get reacquainted with my soul. In the world of sink or swim, you learn a lot about yourself when you’re pushed to your breaking point again and again.

Ta ta, for now.
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