Once I get that girl, then I’ll be happy.

Steve Glaveski
2 min readOct 22, 2023

Once I get that girl, then I'll be happy.
Once I make the basketball team, then I'll be happy.
Once I graduate, then I'll be happy.
Once I find a job, then I'll be happy.
Once I get my MBA, then I'll be happy.
Once I get promoted, then I'll be happy.
Once I've traveled to Europe with my partner, then I'll be happy.
Once I get married, then I'll be happy.
Once we buy a house by the beach, then I'll be happy.
Once we have our first child, then I'll be happy.
Once we get a Tesla Model S, then I'll be happy.
Once I can get my weight down to 70kg, then I'll be happy.
Once I can surf 5-foot waves, then I'll be happy.
Once I can turn my side hustle into my full-time job, then I'll be happy.
Once I have 100,000 Twitter followers, then I'll be happy.
Once my podcast gets 100,000 monthly listeners, then I'll be happy.
Once my business makes $1M ARR, then I'll be happy.
Once I get a book deal, then I'll be happy.
Once I can afford to get my kid into private school, then I'll be happy.
Once I have enough net worth to be an accredited investor, then I'll be happy.
Once my business makes $2M ARR, then I'll be happy.
Once I'm acknowledged by my industry peers, then I'll be happy.
Once we have a second child, then I'll be happy.
Once we can resolve our marital issues, then I'll be happy.
Once I get my deadlift up to 100kg, then I'll be happy.
Once my business makes $3M ARR, then I'll be happy.
Once my children turn 18, and are out of the house, then I'll be happy.
Once I can afford to put my children through college, then I'll be happy.
Once my kids get good jobs, then I'll be…

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Steve Glaveski
Steve Glaveski

Written by Steve Glaveski

CEO of Collective Campus. HBR writer. Author of Time Rich, and Employee to Entrepreneur. Host of Future Squared podcast. Occasional surfer.

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