You Get 4,000 Weeks. I'm Done Wasting Mine

Two years ago, I had the life.

A business that ran without me. Seven figures a year in profit. Thirteen to sixteen weeks off. Never more than 20 hours a week. On work-life balance, I was the happiest I've ever been.

Then I blew it up. 

In 2025 I decided to "go for it" — I was convinced there was a disproportionate amount of money to be made in the AI era. So I traded the four-day weeks for the grind.

I was right about the money.

But…

Now, as a dad of two young kids, I'm working more than I ever have. Last week I looked up from my laptop and realized I’m not fulfilled and this is not the life I want to live. 

The average person gets about four thousand weeks to live. And I'm spending mine inside the office isolated from the world & my family. 

Not anymore.

Here's what finally clicked.

I'd been chasing the AI era as dominance in cash flow. The moment I reframed it as convenience in cash flow, my plan changed. I can put $2M a year into my pocket — and barely have to work at all.

Because AI has cracked something open.

Thousands of new ventures can be built right now with sticky revenue and sticky retention. And the first 1,000 people into each space get a wildly disproportionate upside.

The first 1,000 win. Everyone after fights for scraps.

One example I'm not even chasing: web hosting. Anyone can build a website for free now — so build them for business owners in exchange for hosting. A thousand customers, and you've got sticky revenue for life. This will be the go to model for all local businesses within 2-4 years. 

So here's how I get out. Three moves.

One: 8 Figure Agency caps at 40 clients. It already funds the life I want. It doesn't need to grow.

Two: an AI service, already in build. One to three offshore employees, managing $2M–$10M in revenue at 90% margins.

Three: one more AI venture — a licensing and advisory deal with someone who's already run the playbook. Ten deals a year, each worth $50K a month at 90% margins. My job is to use my network to book the calls and close deals. Then I'm done. I take a minority share, but even a moderate outcome pays me hundreds of thousands a year — for effort I put in once, on revenue that stays sticky for a decade.

(Going to keep the third close to the chest for now…sorry!)

These opportunities — the ones that let you make millions and genuinely not have to work — are available to all of us. 

Every expert warns you not to chase new opportunities or multiple ones. Normally I agree. But we are in the first 12 months of Claude Code making anyone able to build almost anything.

The model has changed and I think we should too. 

Build the dream, not a prison.

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