163. How to Figure Out What You *Actually* Want From Your Life and Stop Living for the Weekend

Do you have a life that looks completely fine on paper but doesn't actually feel good to be in? In this episode I walk through the three key pillars - your personal life, your professional life, and your relationships - and give you specific reflection questions and action items to start figuring out where the misalignment is coming from and what to do about it.

What I cover:

👉🏻 Why optimizing and doing more will never fix a life that isn't built on the right foundation

👉🏻 The real story behind my decision to leave Chicago and move back to LA - and what it taught me about environment

👉🏻 Pillar 1: Your personal life - how to audit your daily environment and figure out what's actually making your days feel heavy

👉🏻 Pillar 2: Your professional life - reflection questions to get honest about whether your career is aligned with what you actually value

👉🏻 Pillar 3: Your relationships - how the people around you are shaping your life more than you realize

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00:00 — The feeling nobody has language for

02:00 — Why productivity will never fix a misaligned foundation

04:00 — The Chicago to LA story and what it taught me

09:00 — How to use this episode as a life audit

11:00 — Pillar 1: Your personal life

19:00 — Pillar 2: Your professional life

25:00 — Are you building toward something you actually want?

27:00 — Action items for your professional life

29:00 — Pillar 3: Your relationships

35:00 — Wrapping up: paying attention is the whole thing