Natalie Dawson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
If she really actually believed that for a second, and these are the steps that are part of getting there, I do believe that she would choose actually having it versus watching it.
I refuse to believe that that's possible.
Yeah, Sarah is slapped in the face as soon as she leaves that nice little escape that she's created for herself of Netflix, of all the things that she can't have and that she can't do and the experiences she can't create for herself that she could never give to people around her because she was distracted and not actually building what she wanted to build.
a life of watching other people's lives on social media and Netflix?
I don't think Sarah's happy watching Netflix and on social media.
I think that there's a deep sense of insecurity and lack of contentment that's guised as I'm happy.
And that's guised as or covered of, it's almost like a facade.
I'm going to say that I'm happy and
But the realities of our economy and the realities of her financial situation create dependencies for Sarah.
It creates dependencies.
And with those dependencies, what I found is that the things that you are dependent upon, at some level, you will end up resenting.
If I'm dependent upon my one customer in my business and they make up 80% of my revenue, sure, it's great when I sign that deal.
It's really sucky when that customer ends up being a jerk because now I'm dependent upon them, 80% of my revenue, until I'm not dependent upon them because I've diversified my revenue and I've been able to bring on other customers because I was able to market my business and acquire an audience.
And so with Sarah...
I would ask if the median household income is around $60,000, shy of $70,000 a year, what is Sarah dependent upon to be able to afford the Netflix subscription?
And when she scrolls on TikTok shop and wants to be able to be like everybody else who's living these cool lives, doing these glamorous influencer events or whatever she's into, whatever is so captivating to her that's making her watch this instead of go out and do those things, apply the makeup.
How many makeup tutorials do women watch without ever even applying the makeup or using the tools and the products?
It's just because they're distracted.
See, I think survival has to depend upon other people.
It's not just my survival.