I'm on a mission to help more people find and live their authentic life. Check out my Daily Notes where I write a short note each day about the connection of spirit, mind, body and money on the Pursuit of your authentic life.
the Weekly Note Vol. 97
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I hope you had a great weekend! I apologize for getting this week's Weekly Note out on Monday instead of Sunday, but yesterday was such a beautiful day that I chose to spend it outside and take a quick trip to our local community center to work out with Roman and shoot a little hoops with Silas. I hope the delayed Weekly Note serves as a reminder to prioritize what most aligns with your Authentic Life — the Weekly Note is aligned, but it's not as important as family time in the sun or taking care of our bodies. My time with Roman at the gym sparked a new Omen yesterday about the role I am stepping into for him (and Leo) as I help him prepare to reach his basketball goals. You can read more about the lessons I anticipate learning and the ones I think I'm supposed to guide the boys to learn. I also recorded a reading of the AlignedLife blog post "Stop Shrinking, Start Expanding" on YouTube. Be on the lookout for more of these readings as I allocate more energy toward video. Ok, let's get to this week's Notes... 📝 this week's Daily Notes3.02.26 #1139 do because you love 3.03.26 #1140 abundance through less 3.04.26 #1141 curiosity won't kill you 3.05.26 #1142 don't be late 3.06.26 #1143 signal your value 3.07.26 #1144 everything is energy 🎙️ AlignedLife Podcast Convos with Friends: The Art Of The Sabbatical with Michael RemediosSpotify In this conversation, I sit down with my friend and one of the best advisors I know, Michael Remedios, founder of Wonderland FP, to explore his journey through what he calls the "art of the sabbatical." Michael made the bold decision to leave a successful career as a lead advisor — at the height of his earning potential — to create space for reflection, experimentation, and eventually launching his own firm. We start with the feeling that pulled Michael toward this decision — not a logical calculation, but an unsettled voice that grew louder over time. He shares how he spent a year quietly preparing for his sabbatical while still employed, traveling solo for the first time, picking up running, and experimenting with who he wanted to be, so that when day one arrived with nothing on his calendar, he wasn't starting from zero. One of the things I love most about this conversation is how Michael reframes the sabbatical through a financial-planning lens. On a spreadsheet, it looked like a terrible decision — a 100% pay cut during peak earning years, less money invested, a longer path to financial independence. But he was tired of making every decision for a 65-year-old version of himself he doesn't even know yet. We dig into why financial planning needs to make room for this kind of mid-life optionality, and why saving for 40-year-old you might be just as important as saving for retirement. We also explore the deeper personal layers of his journey — hitting every professional benchmark and still feeling lost, the "I'll be happy when" trap, working through it with a therapist, and what it really means to rewrite your definition of success from the inside out. Michael shares how the sabbatical wasn't about running away, but about learning what truly mattered to him, so he wasn't just replicating the same life with his own name on the door. We close with a conversation about rock bottom, catching lessons early, embodying the future version of yourself now, and the belief that alignment in spirit, mind, and body is what allows everything else — including money — to follow. Michael now does this work with clients at Wonderland FP, helping millennials navigate the big life moments — combining finances, starting families, buying homes — with intention and permission to live authentically. Read the Art of the Sabbatical 📝 AlignedLife BlogWhen The Labels Fall Away "The three layers of identity map almost exactly onto spirit, mind, and body. Which means, if you’re familiar with my framework, that money naturally follows. Because money moves with the energy we bring to it. And the energy we bring to it flows from whichever layer of identity is in control." 📺 The Authentic Life On Other ShowsFrom time to time, I listen to a conversation, and all I can hear is other people talking about the Authentic Life. See you next week (or tomorrow) and keep pursuing, JC |
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I'm on a mission to help more people find and live their authentic life. Check out my Daily Notes where I write a short note each day about the connection of spirit, mind, body and money on the Pursuit of your authentic life.
Who does your calendar show you are? Does how you spend your time align with your Authentic Life? An exercise I’m currently working on is revisiting my ideal day and my realistic ideal day–there’s a subtle difference between the two. My ideal day consists of how I’d structure my day if there were no “buts.” For example, yoga every day at 7:00, BUT that’s in the middle of the morning routine with the boys. I think it’s important to know what my ideal day would look like, even if it’s not...
“Everything is energy, and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you want, and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.” -Albert Einstein The vision of your Authentic Life–match the frequency. The financial life you desire for your Authentic Life–match the frequency. The impact you want to have in the world–match the frequency. Like you would turn the dial on the radio to tune into the station you desired,...
I’ve shared before one of the main money stories I’ve had to work through, and am still working on, is the narrative that wanting to make more money is greedy. For most of my career, I never set income goals or new asset goals. My internal story was that if I took care of people and did the right thing, money would take care of itself–which I still, and always will, believe is true. In the past, I was always afraid that if I set a financial goal, the Universe would interpret my intentions as...