Money Hates Misery
Lessons in love and money from Ed Sheeran
I took Miss 9 to Perth last night to see Ed Sheeran.
She’s a big fan. Now she’s got the stories and the merch to prove it.
The show was great.
55,000 people in 35 degrees singing along.
The crowd loved it.
And it’s obvious Ed loves it too.
He literally said he’s just a kid from Ipswich who loved to make music and now he’s played to 20m people in 15 years.
Living that feeling that everyone should have at least once in their life ‘I get paid to do….this’.
He did a medley of songs he has written for other people.
Because he loves writing songs.
He had stories about most every song and its origin.
He had stories of how people connect with his different songs over the years.
I’ve been to concerts where you can tell the artist is there just to get paid.
They have become a performer as they don’t know what else to do and there’s a fat money carrot dangling that they cant help but grab.
They eventually become irrelevant.
I’m confident that Ed won’t fall into this trap.
When he no longer feels it he will stop.
He’s banked millions but you know he’d do it for free.
I recognize this in myself.
When I fall into the normie pattern of trying to ‘make money’ everything gets hard.
Procrastination. Avoidance. Low energy.
This is the paradox of chasing money. It likes to run away.
The default idea that 99% inhabit is that you do things for money.
Jobs. Business.
When I snap out of it and go back to building stuff that I like, then the money flows again.
I get those ‘I get paid to do….this’ moments.
Money loves the flow and when you’re in the flow it comes to you.
It doesn’t come immediately and that’s most folks hang up.
It waits until it works out you’re serious about settling down to live life on your own terms.
When you’re in the misery it honors your wishes to prioritize the grind and leaves to find another lover.
Your rivals are subconsciously hoping you keep chasing her as they know that she will fall into their arms.
Money loves the game.
There’s plenty of evidence on how to play it well.
The choice is yours.
I loved Ed's appearance in "Yesterday" because of how much fun he was obviously having with it. I was skeptical of him being in it going into it but seeing someone enjoying themselves rather than just collecting a paycheck has a really special charm to it. I hope the reason I recognize that is because it's how I am with my own work too.
Loved this read mate