Doing things differently is a good thing
But they don't want you to know that
As a person with late diagnosed ADHD, the idea that money could be easy or pleasurable or fun always sounded like a joke to me. Money was not fun; it was an omnipresent reminder of all of my inconsistencies and my inability to adhere to any routine or plan for my future more than 2 weeks out.
On top of that, every normie job I ever had made these qualities into fireable offenses, so I was actually convinced that I didn’t deserve an easy experience of money because I couldn’t be trusted with it. This belief that I couldn’t be trusted with money perpetuated itself, because I would spend money frivolously in a subconscious attempt to “get rid of” any money I had, and I would talk about “being rich one day,” but what I truly craved was to have enough money that I wouldn’t have to think about it anymore.
Like… is it actually possible to have a life where I think about money minimally, whether I’m spending it or making it? Can I actually have what I need *and * let my money operate on autopilot?
The answer turned out to be the same as everything else: yes, it’s possible, but it’s not going to happen without effort.
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The concept of “passive income” (or “sustainable income”) isn’t really passive at all, it just shifts the timeline between Doing The Thing and Making the Money. It also shifts the scale of both of these things. Way, way up.
You can do a lot more of The Thing up front and get paid a lot more in the long run, and we can call that passive income, but I really think it’s more like building a system and eventually being able to let it run on its own.
The other piece I was missing the entire time was (surprise) a community of like-minded folks. I did the Capricorn thing and surrounded myself with people I aspired to be like, which isn’t a bad thing, but I wasn’t also surrounding myself with people who were already like me, in the sense of experiencing money and the world through a neurodivergent lens.
I created The Financial Witch as a gathering place for people like me: people who are neurodivergent, who can’t vibe with the traditional way of doing things, who are witchy and not afraid to use their powers to improve their financial situation, people who rage against the machine of capitalism while knowing they still have to function within it. In short, the money misfits.
Money can be easy, and fun, and even pleasurable. But you won’t get to that point by doing things through the prescribed methods, and you certainly can’t do it alone. It’s all about finding others who move like you. And I’m so grateful you are here.
