Surrender to simplicity

I still vividly remember a conversation I had with my best friend 10 years ago. We were on a six-month sabbatical from our corporate jobs and travelling through Southeast Asia. One night, while sitting on our bungalow balcony, she looked at me and asked, “How much money do you want to be making in 10 years?” I considered the question and answered something along the lines of, “Probably around 80k.” But then I paused, considered a little more and piped up, “Wait, no. I don’t think I care how much money I make. I just want to be happy.” Epiphany had!

Less than a year later I left my nine-to-five city job in Sydney and moved to the humble Northern Rivers of New South Wales.