You are not what you do. But if you’re not your job, then who are you? And how can we use my time outside of work to maximise the impact of our freedom?
These are the questions I want to help people solve. Not just by writing online, but by offering something more personal.
What I’m Offering
I’m offering dedicated sessions to explore five MIGHT virtues and help you apply them to your life. I’m calling them MIGHT Compass conversations.
In these 30 minute calls, we’ll examine a challenge you’re facing, identify where your life is aligned or out of alignment, and find at least one thread to pursue to work through your challenge. During the call, we’ll draw some tarot cards and consider how they might help us understand the path ahead.
These are structured conversations, designed to help you understand yourself better, apply the principles of MIGHT to your life, and align yourself with what you deem important.
Why Tarot?
Tarot cards have long been used as a divination tool. But rather than predicting the future, we can use tarot to look inward.
My reasoning for using tarot is simple: it’s an external tool that gives our conversation alternate perspectives to consider. The symbolism of the cards reveals questions and contradictions that may not surface in a conventional conversation.
I don’t use tarot cards to reveal what is going to happen to you. I use them to unravel what’s happening within you.
The MIGHT Compass
My style of tarot hinges on storytelling. The cards will lay out a story for us, that recontextualises earlier cards as new ones are drawn. My readings use a 6-card spread based on my “mighty” virtues: the virtues that have guided me throughout my life.
The first card revealed is the North Star: a representation of the question or challenge we’re orienting the reading around. This sets the stage for the rest of the reading, where we explore each virtue in relation to the North Star. From there, I apply my MIGHT virtues, drawing a card for each to understand where our attention might be best directed:
- Meaning: Does your current life give you the space to work towards your purpose?
- Independence: How are you able to exercise your agency, and where have you surrendered it?
- Growth: What do you need to learn, or how do you need to change, to make your dream a reality?
- Honour: How do you show up for yourself and for others?
- Temperance: Are there any imbalances in your life that impact your ability to achieve your goals?
We’ll lay the cards out in a circle, with the North Star at the centre. In this way, the cards literally function as a compass, pointing in the direction of the virtues to focus on to work through your challenge.
If you want to see it in action, I have a demonstration here:
Who Is This For
A MIGHT Compass conversation might be for you if:
- you’re questioning the direction of your life
- you’ve achieved a goal that you thought would make you happy, and it didn’t
- you’re pursuing or close to achieving financial independence
- you’re considering leaving/changing your career
- you have attained freedom but aren’t sure what to do with it
The MIGHT Compass conversation isn’t for you if:
- you’re looking for investment guidance
- you want predictions about the future
- you want someone to tell you what to do
- you’re looking for a replacement for professional psychological/medical help
These sessions aren’t fortune-telling, investment advice, or therapy. Nor are they a prescription for how to live. This is a conversation designed specifically to approach a problem you’re facing with intent and clarity.
A note on money
I’ve written extensively about personal finance and financial independence, but this offering isn’t about these things. This service isn’t about money – it’s about you. Money might be a part of the conversation, but you are the subject of the session, not your portfolio. Not only can I not offer financial advice, I will not.
Things To Know
If you’re interested in a session, here are a few things to consider:
Before the call:
You don’t need to prepare a lot for the session. Just come with a question or problem you’re currently occupied with.
During the call:
After discussing your problem, we’ll lay out the MIGHT Compass, examine the meanings of the cards, and use the cards as a prompt for a conversation.
After the call:
The conversation usually highlights at least one actionable thread to pull on. This gives you something to reflect on after the call, helping you to identify where your life is aligned, and where it isn’t.
If something worked/ didn’t work for you, let me know. While I’ve done dozens of tarot readings already, offering something like this is still new for me. I’d love to hear how you felt the conversation went, but also how you’re doing after it!
Why I’m Doing This
My young adulthood was spent thinking about how to approach achieving the freedom to do whatever I wanted. I used the principles of Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) to retire from permanent employment at 30 years old. When I got to the other side, I realised two much deeper questions:
- Who am I when I’m not working?
- What type of person should I become, using my newfound freedom?
FIRE gave me the freedom from my old life, but it didn’t give me a roadmap for what my new life was meant to become.
That question led me to writing this blog (and more recently my Substack), where I’ve discussed my approach to FIRE (The Third Journey), and my personal virtues (MIGHT) – the two things that allowed me to live the life I now lead.
I’ve spent years living and developing these ideas, and years more writing about them. It’s time to test these ideas not just through my life, but through the lives of others as well. If MIGHT is to live on as more than a simple idea, it has to survive contact with reality.
These MIGHT Compass conversation are my way of putting this framework into practice. I want to learn from those I work with, help them work through their challenges, and continue to refine my ideas and evolve with them.
If you’d like to know more, feel free to reach out to me on social media.
Book a MIGHT Compass Call
One 30 minute call. $22 AUD.
A structured MIGHT Compass conversation, and at least one concrete thread for you to help move towards your North Star.
Think this is a good fit for you? Book a call below.