🔌 This was the day—7 years ago—when I pulled the plug and rebooted my life.

I walked away from a prestigious 7-figure job, uprooted the family, and moved to Colorado with no plan.

To be honest, I didn’t even know what I was after—I only knew what I didn’t want anymore.

With time and lots of reflection, I’ve come to understand why I needed the change. I bet you’ll relate…

It wasn’t just about living in a better place or pivoting my career—the real reason was more fundamental:

To be me. The real me.

👺 I had checked all the boxes that define success in modern society—but it wasn’t my definition of success. I was wearing a mask, pretending to be someone I’m not.

I aspire to:

But the path I was on required me to sell my soul, sacrifice my body, and muzzle my mind.

To be clear, removing the mask came at a price—many millions of dollars, to be specific. But being me feels better than any number in a bank account. Life is never perfect, but I’ve obtained those three things I was seeking:

An artist’s soul: I treat everything I do (including these X posts) as art. I live in a place that inspires me, and my inner circle is filled with deep-thinking, spiritual people.

An athlete’s body: At 54, I’m the fittest I’ve ever been. Since the reboot, I’ve spent 10,000 hours on the rock instead of in an office.

An entrepreneur’s mind: I recently started a business, but this time it’s on my terms—aligned with my passion and constrained by my lifestyle.

What does this mean for you? Three things:

1. Play the game—and play it well—but don’t become the game. Success isn’t winning society’s games, it’s becoming the best version of you.
2. If you have a strong gut feeling that you need to make a change, don’t ignore it. Clarity doesn’t precede action, it results from it. As Rumi said, “When you start to walk the way, the way appears.” The dots only connect in hindsight.
3. Building a great life requires going against the grain of society. It can be scary—but remember: most of what society tells us is wrong anyway.

Whose life are you living—yours, or someone else’s? Maybe it’s time to take off your mask.

All the best,

Kevin (@camp4) 🤙

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