Brucey, what's your thoughts about leaving trades over the weekend, or should we cut them off?

I'm going to get this app on my phone

Lifestyle is visible. Wealth isn’t. (Trading lesson) Most profitable traders don’t build wealth because they treat variable trading income like a salary and expand their lifestyle with every payout. Then a drawdown hits and there’s nothing underneath. Key points - Profit ≠ wealth. Making money and keeping money are two different skills. - Lifestyle creep kills traders. Bigger months lead to bigger spending, then one bad month breaks the system. - Social media lies by omission. You see spending, not savings, investments, or net worth. - Trading income is variable. If you spend like it’s guaranteed, you’ll eventually over-spend. - Different mindset needed: Trading = aggression, risk, speed, execution Wealth building = patience, consistency, boring systems - - What actually works for traders (simple structure): Cash buffer: 6–12 months of bare minimum expenses (not invested) Lifestyle ceiling: keep monthly costs fixed even after good months Deploy profits: put surplus into assets that can work without you (principle > product) - - Start before you’re profitable. Build habits and structure now, while the account is small. Bottom line: Trading is the engine. Wealth is what happens when you capture profits and deploy them instead of spending them.

Morning Years ago, when I first got into trading, my goal was simple. I didn’t want Lambos. I didn’t want flash. I didn’t want to “win” the internet. I just wanted to replace my salary. Be at home. Spend time with my family. Be present. Have freedom. That was it. Fast forward five years and I’ve done way more than that. And here’s the honest bit most people don’t talk about… Sometimes I still catch myself not fully taking it in. Not because I’m ungrateful. But because part of me is scared. Scared that if I slow down, If I enjoy it too much, If I stop pushing… I’ll get complacent. I’ll lose my edge. I’ll mess it all up. “It’s windy at the top,” right? But I’ve realised something important. Growth isn’t about never slowing down. And success isn’t about constant pressure. It’s about balance. Because what’s the point building freedom If you’re never actually free? And this is where I see so many people stuck. They think growth has to look like suffering. They think rest means weakness. They think if they’re not exhausted, they’re falling behind. So they grind. And grind. And grind. While quietly neglecting the things that actually matter. Their health. Their relationships. Their peace. Their presence. Their time. Time being the big one. You don’t really notice it going. Until you do. Until years pass. Until the goalposts move. Until you realise you’ve been so focused on “what’s next” That you’ve missed what’s now. And the irony is… That mindset doesn’t speed success up. It usually delays it. Because real growth isn’t a straight road. It’s messy. It loops. It pauses. It forces you to reassess. And the people who last? They’re the ones who learn how to build and live at the same time. Not neglecting the little things. Because the little things are the whole thing. The mornings. The conversations. The workouts. The habits. The moments you don’t post online. That’s where life actually happens. So if you’re reading this feeling behind… Or frustrated…