Living "As If" Isn’t a Costume. It’s a Commitment.
The soul-cost of pretending and the power of practicing your truth.
After I published Living As If yesterday, someone wrote in with a concern:
“This sounds like more of that fake-it-till-you-make-it BS. I thought you were different.”
Whew.
Thank you for naming it.
In a world full of curated confidence, skepticism is wisdom.
Your question gave me the chance to draw a brighter line between performance and practice—for all of us.
So let’s talk about it.
Because I will never hand my people empty slogans dressed up as strategy.
There’s a world of difference between pretending and practicing.
“Fake it till you make it” is a performance.
It says put on the mask, play the role, impress the crowd.
It demands that you deny your present reality and costume yourself in someone else’s.
That’s not sovereignty—it’s self-abandonment.
And here’s the part they don’t tell you:
The more convincing the mask, the more devastating it is when you’re found out.
Not just emotionally—but publicly.
This industry is littered with the wreckage of personal brands that were built on performance.
And when the cracks show?
The backlash is brutal.
Reputations in tatters.
Former fans turning into critics.
Lawsuits.
Refund demands.
Reddit threads.
Vitriol from an audience that once worshipped at thier feet, (which, for the record, was never a healthy place for them to be).
Because “fake it till you make it” isn’t harmless—it’s a house of cards.
And when it collapses, it doesn't just cost you money.
It costs trust.
Fake it teaches shame and fuels betrayal.
Because when the façade cracks, you don’t just disappoint yourself—you break something sacred in others, too.
And the person left holding the fallout?
You.
The one who wanted it so badly, you silenced your own instincts.
The one who mistook performance for strategy.
The one left answering emails, issuing refunds, rebuilding trust—
while quietly wondering if you were the lie all along.
It’s not just the fallout.
It’s the fragments of yourself you’re left to gather.
But Living As If?
That’s not faking. That’s embodying.
It’s a practice.
A sacred, moment-to-moment choice to align with the future you're calling in—while honoring the truth of where you are now.
Living As If says:
I don’t have $5,000 to give away today—but I can give $5 with joy and reverence.
I don’t have full days blocked off for rest yet—but I can take 30 minutes today and treat it like it’s sacred.
I haven’t had the hard conversation yet—but I can stop over-explaining today like someone who trusts their own “no.”
I don’t have a million-dollar runway—but I can steward what I do have with clarity and calm.
It’s not about pretending to be further along.
It’s about preparing to meet what’s already on its way.
Living as if is micro-proof.
Tiny sovereign acts that stack into a life.
It’s eating from the banquet before the whole feast has been served.
It’s making financial choices that respect today while training your nervous system to hold tomorrow.
Let them fake it.
We live it.
👉 Reflection:
Where are you “performing” for others, and where are you practicing for yourself?
What mask are you ready to set down—and what micro-proof can take its place?
🔥 Daily Affirmation
I embody the version of me who already knows the way.
Every action I take today is a rehearsal for overflow.
I live in alignment with my deepest values, no matter the size of the step.
My practice is my proof.
PS: Profit is Protest. And so is transparency. You never need to fake what you are sacredly becoming.
🎧 Song of the Day: “Masterpiece” by Jessie J
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