Money May Open Doors, But Creativity Builds Them
You can buy something with the money in your bank account… Or you can buy something with the creativity in your head.
Let that sink in.
We live in a world that constantly tells us to hustle for money, stash it, multiply it, protect it. And while yes—money matters—what if I told you that your creativity is worth just as much, if not more?
You can lose all your money tomorrow. It can get frozen, stolen, spent, and taxed. But the creative spark in your head? That can never be taken.
That’s the currency of the soul.
Think about it:
- Some people buy clothes.
- Others design fashion labels.
- Some people buy real estate.
- Others imagine and build dream homes with no capital but vision.
- Some people wait to afford a trip.
- Others pitch and get paid to travel.
- Some people buy a product.
- Others create the product and build a brand around it.
- Some wait for a raise.
- Others design their own income through passion and ideas.
- Some wait for the “right time.”
- Others move with bold vision and let the timing adjust to their courage.
This is not about being reckless. It’s about being resourced. Your truest wealth doesn’t sit in your bank account. It lives between your ears.
Your imagination is your quiet superpower. It’s the seed that’s all that ever existed has been built from. Every building. Every product. Every income stream. Every legacy. It all started in someone’s mind. That someone could be you.
💡 The only difference? Not their bank account. Their mindset.
Your creativity is a divine inheritance. It’s not just for artists or musicians or “those creative types.” If you’ve ever figured out how to make dinner from random ingredients, how to style one outfit three ways, how to stretch a dollar or start over after losing it all — you, bestie, are wildly creative.
And if you’re not tapping into that resource… you’re leaving wealth on the table.
Because yes — creativity is wealth.
Let Me Tell You a Quick Story
I had a goal: finish building a 2-bedroom unit and rent it out by February 2025. But I didn’t want to touch either my savings or my investments and relying on my monthly incoming income will require that I wait for months until I have accumulated the necessary amount.
It would’ve been easy to say, “I can’t.”
But instead, I asked a better question:
“What can I do with the creativity in my head?”
That’s when I came across the idea of a tontine — a trusted money circle. A practice I have totally forgotten about. No loans. No stress. Just a group of trusted people, one pot, one monthly payout.
I found my people. Built the circle. Held the vision. No, I didn’t finish the building in February like I’d hoped — I did it in April.
Because I trusted imagination over limitation.
Because I planted the idea so deeply in my mind that the how had to appear.
So Let Me Ask You…
💭 What would happen if you believed your ideas were more valuable than your bank balance?
💭 What would you create if you saw creativity as a tool to access what money alone can’t buy?
💭 What dream could you stop postponing if you remembered that wealth doesn’t start in the wallet — it starts in the mind?
Journal Prompt For You Today:
“If I had no money but unlimited creativity, how would I solve this?”
Write about one thing you desire… then write down three wildly creative ways you could access it without money. You’ll be surprised by what shows up when you give your creativity the mic.
Remember This
Money is powerful. But creativity? Creativity can build the life that money is still trying to afford. So don’t just protect your bank account.
Protect your imagination.
Spend it wisely. Spend it bravely. And watch it give you a return that no stock market ever could.
Salima
Just me thinking out loud over here