Sahil Bloom

My definition of a successful life is quite simply being able to go and create the life that you have decided you want.

I cannot tell you what success looks like for you, nor can you tell me what success looks like for me.

My definition of success is being able to take my son in the pool at 1 p.m.

on a Tuesday.

We sold our house in California, I left my job, and we moved 3,000 miles across the country to live closer, you know, driving distance from both sets of parents.

So living on purpose is really important.

You are the sum product of your actions.

Being able to show up and convince yourself to just act in line with how your ideal self shows up in the world on a daily basis.

In the simplest way, a lot of good will come from that.

I am now in the cold Boston suburbs.

You find me in an amazing flow from a life perspective because we just made the move to live like in a 15-minute little circle with all of our family here.

Yeah, we're going to be in Saskatchewan or something, some polar bears.

In 2021, I had a big reckoning or realization sparked by a conversation with a friend who asked me how I was doing.

And I opened up that it had started to get difficult living so far away from my parents.

My parents are two of my best friends in the world.

And I think when you're young, you have this sort of youthful naivete about their immortality.

You know, if you're lucky enough to have healthy parents, it's not something you ever question.

And COVID came around and I saw them.

And I just remember thinking for the first time in my life, they're slowing down.

Like they're not the vision I have in my mind of them in the same way.