Faith · Finance · Fitness · Family
On the mat.
Starting to crawl.
A 730-day climb toward 50 — faith, finances, fitness, family — filmed while it happens. They tell you to pick two. I'm climbing all four.
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The honest part
I made a lot of money. Over a million, easy — and I did it fast. Then I lost most of it. Forty employees down to four.
Then I got hurt — the body, and more than the body. Forty-seven, on the floor, not sure how I got there.
I'm not the guy who saw it coming. I got knocked down — and I said so, out loud.
I haven't gotten what I wanted yet. But I keep getting up, and I'm still moving forward.
— Kevin Butler · 25 years in the trades · baptized 2013
730 days. Win or lose, I post it. Watching me try is the whole thing.
F That — the nine
Faith, finance, fitness, family.
And the lie that you only get two.
The order isn't random. It's the argument. Everything sits on the first four — and none of it holds without the fifth.
Faith
First, because it's the foundation. Jesus is King. God's with me on the mat.
Finances
Second, because expansion takes resources. Made it, lost it — rebuilding in the open, receipts and all.
Fitness
Third, because your destiny fails when your body stops working. You can fake almost anything. You can't fake fitness.
Family
Fourth, because it's who it's all for. I keep my family private — but I'll tell you the man I'm trying to be for them.
Forgiveness — the hinge
Under the core four, holding them up. You can't build faith, finances, fitness, or family on unforgiveness. Nothing stacks on a grudge.
Earned, not chased. Fame if you do it well. Fortune if you steward it. Fun and fulfillment because a joyless climb isn't the point.
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The next one — old truths for the fight in front of you. When you're ready to go deeper, it's yours to keep.
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