Molly Graham

I mean, you're an artist on some level, and you've seen a lot of friends, I'm sure, struggle with the relationship between what they feel like they've been put on earth to do and what they can make money doing.

Without questioning their own happiness relative to money.

So I always say that the true sort of like version of your craft is like,

And I think we're each programmed differently.

We come from different families.

We come from different parents.

The things that you love doing, the things that you're great at, and then the things people will pay you a bunch of money to do.

And I have a ton of friends that are the

kids of first generation immigrants or the first generation immigrants themselves.

You know, that's the happiest Venn diagram in the world.

And I always ask that question when I'm talking to someone about this stuff, because I think if your parents like moved across the world to take care of you and, you know, often they taught you that like you just got to earn money, like you got to like be on this treadmill, you know, and that that is the purpose of work and no one cares about how you feel.

But I think that money is a real factor.

And until you feel financially taken care of or financially safe, money can often be the sort of big red light, you know, that's stopping you from taking risks and things like that.

The trap for me is I've really watched a lot of people and friends let that guide every decision without asking questions, right?

And that programming can be very hard to shed, you know.

When will you feel safe?

Is there a world in which you'll ever feel safe?

You've got to have an answer to what enough is and when you'll feel safe enough to take a risk or to demand happiness, to demand that you should love at least most of your work.

Without questioning their own happiness relative to money.

And I think we're each programmed differently.