I walked away from my $200K+ salary, annual bonus, and retention package — not because I could earn it elsewhere, but because it wasn’t the life I wanted anymore.

People say it’s honourable but not logical.
But here’s the truth:

I didn’t make a financial decision. I made a values-led decision.

Because while money can buy a comfortable life,
I can’t buy time back with my kids.
And it definitely can’t buy the feeling of building a life that is mine, if earning it means being trapped in a world that challenges my values.

So I chose me.

And today, as I settle the papers on my new commercial property, I’m reminded exactly why I walked away:

✨ To build foundations, not just careers
✨ To create businesses I’m excited to wake up for
✨ To spend more time doing what lights me up — not drains me
✨ To work with incredible clients who energise me, not exhaust me
✨ To be closer to my passions — cars, creativity, and collecting Pokémon cards with my kids
✨ To design a life where my work reflects my values, not my fears

Walking away from six figures wasn’t the loss.
Staying would’ve been.

Because I don’t want a life that’s “supposed to make sense” to other people.

I want a life that feels true to me.

And I’m finally living it. One decision, one building, one adventure at a time.

Here’s to foundations
that I’m building brick by brick.
Not for logic,
but for legacy.