What Does Success Really Mean? Start With How You Spend Your Time

What if success wasn’t about ticking boxes, climbing ladders, or polishing your LinkedIn profile — but about something quieter, deeper, and more you?

In this episode, a follow up to our very popular Backwards Budget episode, Shayla and Kate take the conversation beyond the Backwards Budget and dive into the real question underneath it all: What does success actually mean to you?

Spoiler: it’s probably not “I worked 80 hours a week and missed all the good bits.”

From French school lunches to flow states, from joyful routines to redefining ambition, this is an invitation to slow down and think about how you really want to live — and how to put that in the budget.

🎧 In this episode, we talk about:
– Why your version of success might be totally different (and why that’s a good thing)
– The difference between happiness and fulfillment
– How daily routines, small pleasures, and deeper conversations can signal what really matters
– Cultural differences in how we value time, connection, and work
– The power of “flow” — and how to know when you’re in it
– Practical steps for weaving more meaning into your days — without burning everything down

💥 This episode is for you if:
– You’re tired of chasing someone else’s dream
– You want to feel more joy, energy, and purpose in your everyday life
– You’re craving space to ask bigger questions
– You want to shift how you spend your time, not just how you spend your money
– You’re ready to start building a life that feels like yours

🎶 Bonus inspo from the episode
📚 Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi → Penguin link
🎵 Turn! Turn! Turn! by The Byrds → Listen on YouTube

📚 2025 Personal Planning Template by Grace Clarke at (grace-clarke.com)

 

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🎙️ Hosted and produced by Shayla Strapps & Kate Offer
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We pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we live and record this podcast, the Wajduk people of the Noongar Nation.