Thanks for this, Jamie, especially as a beacon in a sea of seagulls crying about how they know the secret of where the best fish are if you’re willing to “Just Follow These 10 Steps”. When I look back (to being in college in NYC before social media became a thing), all of my successful endeavours came from having faith in myself; sure, I also spent a fair bit of time doubting myself and challenging myself, and I’ll never stop doing that either, but I wasn’t following anyone else’s handbook to success, I was just dealing with the day ahead of me. People are so caught up with the idea that success = millions of dollars that they aren’t living their lives anymore. And the worst part is, everyone is losing out as a result. Everyone isn’t going to become a millionaire, the planet can’t afford that… we need to collectively learn to love the life we have, and realise, it’s so so much better than we could have dreamt of a 100 years ago.

Acceptance isn’t about not having ambition, it’s about having the realisation that everything is already great, and anything you do is already a bonus. Acceptance is true freedom to create what you really want.