There’s this moment.

You hit the goal.
You cross the threshold.
You “make it.”

Maybe it’s buying your dream house.
Maybe it’s $1M.
Maybe it’s just the feeling that you’ve finally arrived.

And then…
a strange, quiet disappointment settles in.

Not the dramatic collapse.
Just this subtle but sharp whisper:

“Wait… why doesn’t this feel better?”
“Why do I still feel like I’m behind?”
“Why are there still so many problems???”

If you’ve ever felt that, you’re not alone.
In fact— the most common thing I hear when my clients first hit $1M is

“I thought I’d feel wealthier.
I actually had more money when I made $200K.”

It doesn’t make sense—until you understand what you were sold. FAKERY!

This is what I call: The Mountaintop.

Somewhere along the way, you were handed a story:

There’s a place where everything clicks.
A number. A milestone. A “there.”
A peak called “success” where fear dissolves, problems vanish, and rest finally feels allowed.

That place?
The Mountaintop.

It’s the one point you were told you have to rush to reach.
So you push.
You sacrifice.
You burn down joy, relationships, your health, your body—because the promise is:

“Once you get to the top, THEN you can breathe.”

Except no one told you the truth:

The mountaintop doesn’t exist.

They couldn’t tell you the truth… they don’t know. Because they are still hustling towards their own mountaintop and they’re hoping you won’t notice they haven’t got there yet.

There is no version of success that deletes your humanity.
No amount of money that inoculates you from grief, fear, shame, or desire.
No summit that ends the need for growth.

Because the second you get there—another mountaintop appears.
New goals. New fears. New pressure. New games.
It’s infinite.

What you’re calling “I’m not there yet”
Is a deep, unsettling feeling that maybe you’ll never get there.

And you’re right. You won’t. Because it doesn’t exist.

And the worst part?
We’ve built an entire economy around this illusion.
“Use this potion to get there faster.”
“Do this system to collapse the timeline to your goal”
“Push harder with this coach and you can stop pushing forever.”

It’s hustle culture wrapped in a designer robe.

So what now?
Just give up?
Dissolve into a puddle of anti-capitalist malaise?

Absolutely not.

You don’t need to collapse.
You just need to flatten the curve.

When you understand that the mountaintop is a mirage,
you stop sprinting toward an illusion
and start walking with your life.

You still move forward.
You still desire.
But now, you don’t sacrifice living to get there.

You breathe deeper.
You feel more.
You laugh mid-sentence.
You take the vacation while the invoice is unpaid.
You kiss someone in the middle of the day just because you f*cking can.

You let life be now,
not after you “make it.”

Maybe even—
you let living come first.
And evolution… second.

🖤 Philosophy Friday Reflection:
Where are you still chasing a mountaintop that was never real?

And what would shift if you knew this moment is already worthy of being lived?

You’re not broken.
You’re waking up.
And the view from here?
Way better than the one they promised.

With rebellion and reverence,

The Sovereign Architect 🖤