Re-Evaluating in Real Time

Re-Evaluating in Real Time

April 3rd, 2025:

Boy howdy am I feeling it today.

Alarm went off at 4:30 per usual, and for the first time in a few weeks, I just didn’t want to get out of bed. Hit snooze twice. Snuggled on Sophie. Played with Kallie’s hair for a bit (yeah I am one of those guys..in bed, in public, on the couch, can’t help it).

Finally dragged my ass to the kitchen, got water on the stove for coffee, took a microdose of shrooms, and shuffled into the bathroom. Stared myself down in the mirror and said:

“This is what you wanted, brother. Time to buckle down and figure it the fuck out.”

I’m blessed to be busy—but I can feel the burnout creeping in.

Which means it’s time to re-evaluate and re-align before I hit a wall again.

A Quick Win

Before I get into the heavy shit—one highlight from yesterday.

Had a jampacked day: networking calls, Emerge membership renewal calls, sales calls, and hosted our Millionaire Case Study call (we bring on a different millionaire each week to dive deep and get proximity)l for Gobundance. Only real “downtime” was my run and workout.

So, in the morning, I decided to have some fun.

Threw on Lil Dicky’s Pillow Talking for a laugh, which rolled into Save That Money—a personal favorite. (If you don’t know Lil Dicky, he’s a goofy Jewish satirical rapper with absolute lyrical genius.)

Kallie and I had a full-blown living room dance session. It was magic.

Despite all the money made and new connections met yesterday, when Kallie asked me what the highlight was? That moment was it.

Dancing like dorks in the living room.

I can’t stress this enough…have fun daily if you don’t want the journey to success to suck balls. 

What Actually Matters

That moment is what brought me to this headspace today.

What can I do right now to make sure I have more time for the things I love most?

Lately, that’s been:

• Gardening (yeah I’m old AF I guess)
  

• Walking the dogs
  

• Deep conversations and dance sessions with Kallie
  

• Daydreaming about our forever home
  

• Workouts
  

• Jiu jitsu
  

• Exploring new places
  

What’s Taking My Time Right Now

From a money-making (2 and 3 are future money-making), or as we in the biz call it DPA (dollar producing activities) perspective, these are the big three:

1. Growing Gobundance Emerge
   

2. Building a personal brand on social media
   

3. Launching the land flipping business with my partners
   

Right now, land is #3 from a time perspective, but that’s going to change fast. Over the next 18–24 months, it’ll be a major lift—and likely the biggest wealth builder of the three.

Eventually, it will be the least time-consuming. One of the biggest reasons we are taking that route. I mean that’s the dream, right? A high profit business that pretty much runs itself.

But first, we gotta go through the shit because that’s the only way to the gold. 

But I’m Not Sacrificing My Life

I could do what some people do—grind it out for 5 years, sacrifice now to enjoy life then.

But I’m not most people. So to that I say…

Get fucked.

I want to live while I build.

Which brings me to the hard truth…

What Needs to Go

Gobundance Emerge?
Hell no. I love this community. It fills my cup and pays the bills.

Land flipping?
Clearly not. It’s got massive potential, I get to work with three bad ass guys and I’ve gotta carry my weight.

That leaves one thing:
The personal brand. 

The Mental Drain of Content

I have shared some thoughts on this before so not really new but…

Creating content isn’t what drains me—it’s thinking about content.

All. The. Time.

In the shower. Before bed. When I wake up at 3am.

Studying content in the morning. Obsessing over why posts aren’t landing. Strategizing what to post next. Then watching likes, followers, comments.

And of course, while I am on there, I see all of the political opinions, negativity and people with levels of victim mentality that are mind blowing. 

It’s a black hole for my attention—and a massive distraction from building Emerge, scaling land, and more importantly…

Being the man I claim I want to be.

And on top of all that? It makes me zero fucking dollars.
Which means it’s a one-way ticket to Pound Town (wait what?) I mean Burnout City.

What If I Just Said No?

Last night, I sat with the idea:

What would life look like if I just said no to content?

And honestly? It looked beautiful.

• More presence
  

• More creative energy for Emerge and land
  

• More time to sharpen my sales skills
  

• More time in the garden
  

• With my wife
  

• With the dogs
  

• Fishing
  

And what if I never came back to it?

• More time on my property
  

• Hunting
  

• Car shows with my dad
  

• Traveling with the family
  

• Speaking on stages instead of shouting into the algorithm
  

• More real-life memories
  

• Less screen time

• More peace

• More simplicity

• More purpose
  

So, for now, I’m limiting myself to 30 minutes a day on social media.
And if it weren’t for the Emerge Facebook group, I’d nuke it all completely. 

I tell myself daily to live by my values. Abundance, simplicity, creativity and fun and right now social media just doesn’t align. 

But who knows, maybe once I have the ability to buy more of my time back, invest in an editor and a social media I will come back to it…time will tell. I try not to speak in absolutes anymore. 

Last Thought

Sometimes, the things that seem important are just distractions in disguise. For a while I thought the personal brand would be the thing. Now, it’s just a thing taking me away from the life I want. 

So take time to step back and ask:

Does this fit my life right now?
What do I actually want life to look like on my path to success?
What do I need to say no to in order to make that a reality?

And remember—clarity comes through action.

You don’t know what’s right for you until you try shit so keep exploring. 

Thanks for reading.

– Kyle